Summer Afternoon

Summer afternoon is still hot.
Sun moves in blue sky
Stinging and biting the earth
Silence drifts in and out of mild breeze
Like Earth's heart beating on ventilator
I wish for heat to go away
But it sticks upon white concrete
With dead worms and skeleton bugs
The spark of life that morning sun ignites
Vanishes in afternoon heat
Nothing seems to be moving
In that pensive and harsh landscape
The only soft touch comes from a pink Hosta
Its green foliage
Limping to survive the heat
A glint of light flicker among leaves
As a patch of cloud
Moves in blue sky to cover the sun
A shadow of dark spreads through
Not so green a lawn
Like a giant merciful
Hand to shade the burning earth
A soothing balm for my own weariness
I stand there to watch
A fiery afternoon
Getting subdued
A gladness returning to tired heart.

A Cherub Descends

Lovely day for a Cherub to descend!
Muses get your Cithara out!
Roses bloom and Robin sings
Shaisha stands guard
Where lies the baby Kumar
Parvati shaped him
With turmeric and gold
Silvery dust of moon to adorn
Like a pink cotton candy
His is a beauty to behold
Unmatched in his velour
Pride and joy of his mother
Stands tall with his father
Oh! The waiting grand parents
Not to mention uncle and aunts
So anxious to dole out
A hug and a kiss to blow out
Waiting! waiting! waiting!
An angel is descending

Well! Well! Well!
The bundle of joy is here
May God bless him 
With all the love and care

With hugs and kisses
Happy Grandma

Retired

Mingling with the world
Required no more
Refrigerator loaded
With T.V. Dinner and burritos
An ever new world
Suffuse in television
Looks and talks like us
I touched the screen
Feel of a deadpan
Yet warm as my own hand
So surreal !

Rant Is Permitted

This life is as true as words spoken
Once released becomes a lie spoken

Once relationships were like a rock
A firm support for climbers
Now it feels like a swamp
Still one must wade through

Old love wears out
New ones aren't sturdy

Keep your legs strong
To carry you through
Others' shoulder are strong enough
Just to carry your dead body
In  life on a wheel society
Shoulders are just a cliche

learn to spend some time by yourself
However hard it may be
One can be alone even in a crowd
Yet have great company in a shadow loud

If you can pay for services
Social structure is there for you
Hospital, nurses, doctors, psychiatrist
Food, electricity, water and home
It is pay as you go society
No place like home is also a cliche

Love! What about love?
look at chameleon
Love resembles some thing like that
It is always there if you can spot it
If you can't don't worry
life has many riddles to solve
love is just one of it
Move on............

One more thing
Don't think twice about
What you just read!

Enjoy your summer and your wanderings
Summer's delight falls alike
On sylvan and country side.