Driving
through
the
dark
Bangalore
streets
Divali
night
magic
everywhere
U.G.
in
snowy
white
outfit
sitting
motionless
in
the
front
I and Susan
in
the
back
the
Major
driving
everything
around
wild
fireworks
people
cows
chickens
dogs
trucks
being
blessed
everyone
on
fire
with
their
Divali
New
Year
after
all
the
years
of
our
own
made-up
church
Divali
services
here
we
are
blessed
beyond
measure
finally
we
with
U.G.
larger
than
life
here
in
India
skyrockets
going off
in
my
head
so
lucky
to
be
with
him
here
the
U.G.
energy
exploding
inside
me.
This
was
the
Divali
of
my
heart's
longing
once,
once
only,
never
to
be
again.