Monsoon Hopes

The clouds gather as they do every year

The silence breaks, heaven descends

Parched land overflows with joy

Cracks turn rivulets, green shoots up crevices

Tiled roofs cry out in joy , earth freshens the air

Windows sprinkle the rooms, little hearts kick up dirt

All that you forgot rewinds, why no one knows

Rain does not wash away memories!

I hear your smile,I see your song and the long silences

Moments stolen from alert eyes, those fleeting caresses

The songs that we shared, unknown to the watchful crowd

The tears we shared, as our lives crowded out our love

The clouds have gathered, the parched earth waits

But silence descends, only sadness breaks my silence

My mind overflows with hope and prayer

Will this monsoon bring me spring at last?

Santhosh Rajagopal

18th May 2011