RAIN
It rains and rains and rains
In the valleys and the plains
On the road it spills o’er drains
And snakes up the tarred lanes
It makes puddles of strong tea,
which grows into a big sea!
The frogs gather for the party
There they orgy in abandoned frenzy
Its little droplets march up to wind
Like smart regiments soldiers they sprint
In crazy gale they wrap nature in chintz
They tickle and play on the tamarinds
Cloudy by day and starless at night
The sky mourns draped in dark hide
Of her dear darling- the short-lived spring
All in its glory smiling and giving
Nonetheless, drizzles come tingling
Cloudbursts then come gushing
Sometimes hail go clamoring
Uninvited, the storms descend menacing
It sprouts the seeds and plants go all green
On farmers’ beaten face a smile is seen
Once or twice it turns a violent sheen
It stays for a while and leaves the scene
Sulking rain stays up as dark brooding clouds
When happy it just drizzles diamonds around
And jovial hails laugh out much too aloud
When angry storms come hurtling down
Late or soon, the monsoon
To the parched earth is a boon
Wild goes the beasts’ platoon
Pops up the new born mushroom
I like to see the epilogue of a rain
On rose buds and see how they sparkle!
It enriches and ravages lives again and again
It rains, rains and again rains!
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