SUMMER RAIN

It was the hottest afternoon

The earth turned a horrible hearth

Up in the hills and down the  dales

Everything dried and burned

The summer wind flew along

The busy street and marketplace

sweets  vendors unbuttoned shirts

wet in sweat they looked up sky

vegetable women wiped the  sweat

and fanned their towels in mighty speed

walkers ran to the shop side shades

bullocks blinked and shook their heads

And pulled the cart with weary steps

when  barks and bushes baked in steam 

Perching singers lost their songs

Flies and bees flapped and pooled

And prayed for rain to quench their thirst

Dimmed the sunlight  by and by

To form a darkened  ceiling up

Trumpets professed up in the sky

The imminent dash of rain on earth

Silver wand dashed along

To sprinkle down angel drops

Like a boon from heaven to earth

Summer drizling began to drip

When water kissed the earthen hearth

Roasted dust released fumes

My nostrils dined delicious smell

Served by the  wetting sand

Maroon went on up the heaven

To put out fire in hearts on earth

With flashing light and frequent roars

Summer rain fills all pits

Summer rain fills  me too

A pool of passion for ever.

POETRY WORLD, Annual Anthology 2012