Saturday, November 14, 2015

Cloudburst


RAIN, RAIN
I MUST BE REALLY PARCHED
SCORCHED AND BARREN
EVEN MORE THAN THE EARTH
WHICH YOU CRUELLY CONSUMMATE

TO WELCOME
RAPTUROUSLY
YOUR ADVENT,
HERALDED BY PROPER CEREMONY
OF DARK, OVERBEARING CLOUDS
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER-CLAPS
OR UNANNOUNCED WITH TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURSTS

YOUR COOL SPRAY ON MY THROBBING TEMPLES
THROUGH THE WINDOW
THE SOUNDS OF YOUR CARESS
ON THE MILDLY PROTESTING PANES
AND WHISPERS
COAXING THE LEAVES TO SUBMISSION
AND THE INTOXICATING AROMA
OF AROUSED PASSION RISING FROM THE EARTH
DIFFUSE INTO MY BEING
AND STIR TO LIFE THE DEADENED HOPES

IN HUMILITY I SMUGLY FEEL WRAPPED
WITH VISIONS OF YOUR POWER
INFUSING LIFE OR DESTROYING IT
AS YOU REIGN UNRELENTINGLY
BESTOWING MOODILY YOUR FAVOURS
TENDERLY IN A COMPASSIONATE SHOWER HERE
OR LASHING IN DEVASTATING FURY THERE
GERMINATING NOW OR UPROOTING
IMPETUOUSLY, INEXORABLY
IN A STUPENDOUS ACT
OF INCLEMENT COPULATION
URGENT, HYSTERICAL
INSATIATE AND OVERWHELMING
DEMANDING NOTHING LESS THAN TOTAL SURRENDER

AND EVEN AS YOU DEPART
LEAVING THE EARTH
RAVAGED AND RAVISHED AND FECUND
IN PAIN IT PINES AND THIRSTS

AS ALSO I DO
AS I LIE ON MY BED BY THE WINDOW
CRIPPLED, WASTED, DISCARDED, EMPTY

1 comment:

Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy said...

...dushman hain zamaane ke gam
Baad pine ke ye honge kam

Mere dushman hain zamaane ke gam
Baad pine ke ye honge kam

Ho zulm duniyaa ke na sah paaounga
Bin piye aaj na rah paaounga
(Hume) haalaat se takraanaa hai
(Hume) haalaat se takraanaa hai

Aise haalaat mein pi lene do
Abhi zindaa huun to ji lene do, ji lene do
Bhari barsaat mein pi lene do

Hmm……
barsaat ke mausam mein
Hmm……
Tanhaayi ke aalam mein
Hmm……
Barsaat ke mausam mein
Tanhaayi ke aalam mein
Main ghar se nikal aayaa
Botal bhi uthaa laaya

Abhi zindaa huun to ji lene do, ji lene do
Bhari barsaat mein pi lene do

Abhi zindaa huun to ji lene do, ji lene do
Bhari barsaat mein pi lene do.
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