In the folds of night as a wave, you came

I look for a quiet spotTo sit and jot them downOn the sheet of paper I holdNot bothering if they ring or rhymeAt times like gurgling streamsSo noisy, they flowOr like dew drops, gently moistening the grassThey come and quietly settle on the white surface.Unable to be imprisonedWithin the structured frame of a song,My thoughts,…

How I wish I could catch these birdsThe lovely deities of the woody grovesTo cage their loveliness and melody to own for myself

Butterflies from here and there and places unseenFlitted back and forth in colorful sheenBirds sang tuneful songs of contentmentSquirrels and bunnies hopped in spirits buoyantBut all along now I see trees, leafless and bareNakedly shivering in winter’s chilly airEven when the Earth adorns in full gloryHere I bide alone, so dull and drearyOh! Dear! Why…

The ground lies parched like fossilized thoughtsThe Earth has become a panting sterile desertBut know, rain shall soon drench the cracked landsAnd dormant seeds shall once again sproutSo grieve not!You complain;Every tree has shed its leavesThe tall grass has withered around the lakesChill blast blows and mist slowly settles and solidifiesBut the flakes of snow…

Leaving aside the unfinished worksshe curled into bed, tiredThoughts once dead,like spirits, from another worldcame to hauntThey threatened to lacerate herin the stillness of the nightGagged by those ferocious demonsshe choked for breathChained and handcuffed,she couldn’t move.Should she drink to the leesthe dregs of the bitter potion?She couldn’t wink an eye!She heard someone asking‘Why should…

The buzzing sound of a fretful bee,Woke me up from my pleasant reverie.Again and again the droning hiss,Fell faintly in my vacant ear.It came so close from the window sill,Fastened tight with glass shutters.On looking up, I chanced to glance,A little fly that reeled around,Trying in vain to find its way,Through the narrow slit, into…