This Poem was Submitted By: Nabeena Chatterjee On Date: 2000-04-18 11:13:30 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Nocturnal solace

Jamuns,  twisted in the monsoon breeze  seep into garden crevices oscillating,  the leaden branches cave in,  parched leaves hang limply  riddled by yellow. Nestled nightly atop the billboard, a peacock tastes droplets of rain, now rivulets hastening across its expansive tail. Alone, unchastened, it feasts   in mock splendor no more the stoic sentinel,  simmering, singed by brazen beams. Here, halting sheets, staccato, ascend my iron-clad windows, dalliance of watered colors envelop me. I, still silent, stand cocooned,  deafened by shafts of lightening. In my coverlet of rain  coupled by folds of dew-encased linen,  I am no longer alone  but shielded   against that monochrome of grey,  the domed sky of a summer's night.

Copyright © April 2000 Nabeena Chatterjee

Additional Notes:
Jamuns are a common type of fruit in India.


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