THE STREAM

Oh! wanton stream

Gurgling down the vale

Gliding in pure mirth and ease

Lulled softly by

The fragrance laden breeze

Fills my heart with joy.

Thy elegant gait

Cheers me boundless

I stop,gaze and wonder

How cute you are!

I linger near amazed

Standing motionless and still

Thy beauty fills my heart

With dreams countless

Thy charms and quaintness

Drags me towards thee

And thy gaiety makes me

Jealous and joyous.

I long to be engulfed by thee

Thy very presence makes me ecstatic

Tentatively I touch thee

Thy cool enchanting softness

Fills my heart with

Longing to caress thee

And drink avidly from thee.

Oh dear,balm my heart with

Thy cool and soft touch.

Arrested I stand transfixed to see

Dimpling cheeks,thy fullness

And the way you laugh and pass

I yearn to yell at the stars

I love thee and be my love forever.

THE MOONLIT NIGHT

Motionless and still I stood
Watching the calm ripples in the lake
Heaven with myriad of stars and the moon
Reflected clearly in the waters
Boarded by tall elegant cedars
Enchanted me beyond words.

Vainly I tried to describe
But found it’s useless
I realized with a sudden start
It’s beyond the power of mortals
To define the divine architecture.

My eyes wandered beyond
To savour the vestal beauty
I heard the wind murmuring
Sweet meaningless nothings to the trees
And the whispering of the meadow’s
When they danced in pure glee.

The hills teemed with cedars
Girdled by a thick ring of mist
Rose high to reach the moon
Beckoning eagerly with mirth
Simply took my breath away.

The deep and dark vales down
Blanketed by the clouds
Went on watching silently
The covetous romance of the cedars
And made their visages dark all the more.

I stood there transfixed
And dared not to move
For it may disturb the serenity
Which I didn’t desire to happen
So I slipped unobtrusively away
Keeping the scenes vivid in mind.