Splash! She jumped with glee.
Drenching all around her, she whirled,
grinning, ‘It’s started raining!’ while
leaping into puddles, dancing in the rain.
A bit sad, she knew the summer was over.
Visits to cousins and grandparents,
sweet mangoes and pampering relatives,
No schoolwork, she played till it got dark,
relishing the cold water down her throat.
But she must bid the summers goodbye,
when one day it gets cloudy,
windy and loud very quickly.
Petrichor, pitter-patter followed by
swaying trees, and a cup of warm tea.
Blues, greens and browns,
No more sepia and scorched earth,
it’s time for cloudy skies, vivid colors.
Drinking it all in, she welcomes the rains.
Watching a race between raindrops-
cannibal drops gobbling the puny ones-
streaking across the window while her
father got her a corncob with extra lime.
Grandma always said, ‘First rains are lucky’
She took no chances, danced in every rain.
It always seems like summer lasts forever
until the first rains of next year, each year-
and she always knows where she’ll be when
the monsoon arrives, when it finally rains.
Tag: poem
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It sounds like a good time- when
you tell me you are taking the train and
love dancing in the rain, and I see you blush
again when I say next time, we’ll take the
train and we’ll be dancing in the rain.It sounds like a good time- when
I see your eyes shine at the corn cobs when
they start to crackle, the coal spits off its sparks
and we sense the sparks ourselves and move
closer together and hold each other’s hands.It sounds like a good time- when
we look up to the skies, and we have been
drunk for quite some time, but the stars
are shining bright and we stay quiet for a while,
before I say I spot my star, and look right
into your eyes, and we kiss under the moonlight (oh yes).It sounds like a good time- when
you find me in the corner of the bar and
we sway gently to the music and feel so
mellow and I know that the rain and the train,
the corn on the cob and the sky lit by moonlight
have never been so beautiful to me than
since I met you.