Monsoon Memories-I Poem by Saroj Padhi

Memories of monsoon lie littered in mind
like obstinate cattle on traffics of Katak city
callous to all sorts of horn and hoots,
when shadows from tall deodars try to swallow
a hot sun leaping up to lick festering wounds
in the crevices of a thousand year jaded body
and gutters smack of excessive rain waters
that washed off last letters of Summer to Spring;
trees on sides of both ring roads
droop like scandal=smitten Babas fallen from grace
when trickles of hope scramble thro'
heaps of sands in desiccated rivers
to dig their own grave ahead of a decimated future;

at this crisis-ridden hour
sadly I hold on to the moments of recognition
in the murmurs of tears in your eyes
that sparkled like rain on shiny green leaves-
as I read out lines from my old diary
about the beautiful lie of love
in the feigned face of a lone forenoon
that held two lovers captive
under the cloak of guilty love!