Reminiscence Poem by Saroj Padhi

A flash of flamboyant dream in overcast July sky
fostered by lightning in dawn's sleepy eye
reveals the rain-soaked petals of your marigold body
dripping honey into mouths of bees, at night gone dry;

I lie in bits on green grass scattered like broken limbs
of your childhood toy that gave you temporary joy,
when chased by fear of virus in air, humans hog shadows
just to keep alive; every hour, life adopts a new ploy;

I know you aren't real; show of life too unreal
the stage gone, acts forgotten and roles they spurn
costumes rot in stores, actors busy in household chores
held in hostage by terror, to lonesome death we turn;

yet oft' sparks of joy with your rainbow image do return
reminiscing the intense moments of trance and soft burn.