1. Seasons seem to go astray and out of
gear
Tender blooms suddenly
struck down in prime;
Young lives lost so soon
melts our hearts
We feel in time’s
suffocating coils caught;
Unpredictable disasters happened
everywhere;
Our hearts too small to
bear burdens and share.
2. While fresh flowers fluttered and
dropped so soon
Old sickly sallow leaves
linger and languish still
Swinging with stubborn
and reluctant hold
In blowing gush of wintry
weather cold;
Like dangling cobwebs in
shady corners concealed
Of ruined castles and
caves from daylight sealed.
3. While tender birds fell down like
shattered leaves
Dull ravens with
bedraggled wings hang around
Like leathern-winged bats
suspended upside down
Like stumped dry faggots
withered and brown;
No vibrant throb of life,
no sunny smiles in sight
Unseen maladies and
unforeseen plight.
4. Young fresh bubbling rills streams
suddenly go dry
While stagnant ponds
survive with stinking sighs
While young shrubs shrivel
so soon with pests unseen
Losing their sweet
fragrance so fresh and green;
While thorny tangled
plants and weeds grown wild
Thrive emitting foul breath on every side.
5. Life seems a fickle chance beyond our
thought
Waves of sudden shocks
strike us in random ways;
Nature seems too wayward
and beyond normal strain
This state of reversal it
seems none can restrain;
The wintry mists throw a
veil of mistrust in skies
A pall of confusion reigns with wolfish weird cries.
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4th November, 2022 Somaseshu Gutala
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