To pick berry, Jane n’ Joe went down the dale

She looked benevolent and merryThe fairy told, he could ask for a boonWhatever it was, she would grant him soonIn a hurry, he asked for a magic spoonTo fetch him something to still his stomach’s burnSimple was his wish, never did he long to have the ‘moon’“Nothing more”, she asked with a smileAnd the boy…

Settled a colony of black antsNeither annoyed by raging heatNor drenched in pouring rainWith intrusion from nowhere,They thrived on as a single swell.The happy residents of this peaceful abodeNever deterred by distractions anySurvival, being their sole intentWork in unison to meet their needs.Some, like warriors, guard their nestWhile others go foraging foodEach having his assigned…

With no umbrella to shield our headsHow I wish to walk with youMy hands twined around your waistAnd no one around but only you and meAs the sun hides behind the Western gatsBleeding red and waxing paleHow I wish to ramble hand in handAlong the sea shore under the canopy of the skySharing silent thoughts…

He would dart off in speedOn it, he was a steedSad, he broke his crown on applying brake!

It now stands almost leafless n’ bareWith its face turned to the sun and skyOnce from far, everyone could seeThis lush green Champak treeIt stood in all beauty and graceAnd carpeted the ground in fallen bloomsIts lovely blossoms were so redolentLike tube roses, heady and fragrantIn its dark and leafy gladeHow as children, we sat…

I locked within my mind’s cupboard,A portrait vaguely sketched, but never finished.Rough it was, though fancifully done,The silhouette of a masculine figure,The Gallant who would reach one day,To hold my hand and own me his.I had no inkling who he would,Yet had fallen in love with that phantasmal figure,He had dazzling eyes and sturdy limbs,With…