Settle Down

Settle down in a closet
Full of dolls and binders
For children unborn
and the fantasy 
that makes you man
that makes you woman

Settle down in aspirations
between haves and have nots
and pretend you belong
to the language you talk in

and the streets you walk in

and the clothes you picked out

Settle down, settle down,
settle down now-
don’t scream, don’t yell,
don’t fight it-
haven’t you heard the wise
do not change, they settle-
It is good to be wise

It is good for dust to settle

Settle down, settle down,

settle down now- 

you’re too old to dream

too young to understand-

haven’t you heard comfort

is indivisible, it settles-

It is good to be comfortable

It is good for dark to settle

Lightening in Patiala