Monsoon Tightrope

By Nikhilesh Dholakia

Clouds!
Scattered, fluffy,listless
Dark, gathering, menacing.

Hopes!
Aspirant, anxious, fixated
Skyward, wistful, pleading.

Breeze!
Sharp, unsettling, mysterious
Fragrant, pregnant, fluttering.

Birds!
Chirpy, raucous, cacophonous
Subdued, hushed, gazing.

Fields!
Parched, cracking, scruffy
Awaiting, biding, withering.

Drops!
Misty, wafting, sprinkles
Evanescent, perfidious, teasing.


Ahmedabad, July 12, 2004