A Rain-soaked Moment

 

Village...

musty...

like a mossy mushroom under a banyan...

rain-lashed...

semi-shaded silvery-haired wise days...

rain-washed greenery greedily sprouting forth...

a love-seeking peacock dancing...

a bee-eater diving for its success

and the dragonfly’s failure...

flirtatious swallows riding the airy horses...

a tailorbird throwing loud vocal force

for its 7 gram weight...

a squirrel and a crow fighting for a nut...

a mud-smeared dog losing the force of its barking

against a braying donkey...

paddy standing lugubriously...

and the water sailing above in huge cloudy ships,

ready to melt and shower its love again,

any moment...