A plaintive call

And then the rain did fall

 Spotting the road

 With little fragrant drops

 The wet earthy soil has a smell

that can bind you  with it

for life

the sea  had never looked so pretty before

silver with crests pristine white forming

over the troughs

that took the hyacinth down with them

Mesmerized I was

 As I stood and gazed

It had seemed to me

 As though I was transfixed

And the rain was merrily having her way with me

A realization did dawn

In my mind so early in the morn!

This was before

The sun had begun

to show its gorgeous golden glow

the pearly grey

of the beginning of the day

did somehow today show me a newer way

to live life at its best

and how did this happen I asked myself???

It was maybe because

of the birds

that awakened me

with their chirps, calls and raucous caws

I had smiled then

Being roused from a dream

where I had been in a sailboat

navigating my way

through the mist that was slowly

wrapping itself around me like a shawl

in the far off distance on the banks of the lake

I had seen elephants rambling about, playing

The herons that stood still watching

And pristine white lotus beginning to bloom

Opening up their cores to greet the sky

I had then smiled

Only to realize

that my dream had been showing me

the beauty of natural life

my eyes now wide open were searching

for the dim light of the dawn outside

the koels the robins and the crows

had already begun singing the morning songs

stepping outside

I was then surprised

at the gift the new day bestowed upon me

sweet purple orchids in my garden

and a sweeter coolness that refreshed my eyes

to view them

the day's sweet surprise

the sky weavers arrived with white  flapping wings

and the sea began to sing

 the morning had been a  misty grey

with a placid countenance

tolerant of the  chattering parrots…

 the  touch me nots that pave my walkway

enticed me every now and then to touch them…

their powdery pale pink blooms

 banished the faint gloom in my mind…

dissipating it into the grey blurry horizons…

 i smiled and walked on slowly

drinking in the bliss that the morning offered me

 in her most special way…

in the deep dark sky

 hung a sickle moon

by unseen cords…

there were up there also  clouds

like wooly sheep  ready to be sheared…

a wind had picked up speed

coming from the sea

provoking me this way and that…

but my mind was aligned with the metallic moon

and its upward grin

for a moment it had seemed as though it smiled at me…

only to hide away then behind the ruffled up clouds

 i stood in the depth of the shadows

 still looking up at the sky

wondering how soon i would again view the moon

only to hear a few  blooms that suddenly fell and sighed..

 the wind had been kind or merciless!!!??? i cant say

 only can tell that the night had intoxicated me with her perfumed breath

and mesmerised me her  fast changing sky…

the morning welcomed me

 with her fine misty gosamerlike veil

 and the greetings by the flight of parrots..

 a spectre in green wings taking into the bluured horizon.

boats in the sea quiet and at ease

 the sea herself softly murmuring

just about begining to tease…

 the sun

 an orb

 golden with an orangey appeal…

reminding me of my inner  thirst that yet has to be quenched…

the trees wave and shake up their leaves

the birds within them chirp merrily

as though children enjoying the swings…

 i smile

when i view the dew 

 that like diamonds sparkle 

 spreading a little more light of the sun…

the stillness though today was  baffling

 i asked myself

 where is the breeze that does generally wrap itself around me

and gives wings to my thoughts so they  can fly about high???

 i sigh and realize

 we cant have everything at once!!!

or can we???