Inevitable Poem by Rajkumar Mukherjee

INEVITABLE


when the rain stops
the drizzles bring the rainbow
the symbol of hope and prosperity

you go to the road-side palmist
with a caged parrot
trained to flip out your future card

you run to your astrologer friend
who suggests steps to avoid
the impending danger the gem-stones required

you look forward to night sky
to identify falling stars
and whisper your wishes in hussed manner

but when the clouds overshadowed the sky
for the next bout of rains
the lightning falls on the tallest tree of the village
reducing all your efforts to ashes


Rajkumar Mukherjee
18-03-2009
Kolkata