Journeying through All Seasons
In extreme winter
does it open its eyes
to the world
so eager to welcome it,
with flowers and flowers
of thousands types and shapes,
colours and smiles,
alongwith music and dance
to celebrate its birth.
Right from day one,
it embarks on its journey,
moving day by day,
with sure, measured steps,
and before long,
leaving the cold, foggy days behind
it enters the spring zone,
the season of plants and flowers.
And then, for some hard months,
the hardest rather,
with summer days, hot and dry,
parched and devastating;
puffing and panting,
but unrelenting, it keeps moving
looking skywards for solace,
with hope.
Hope pays,
when patches of clouds
appear in the sky, crawling in,
gathering from all sides.
The monsoon arrives,
raining and soaking,
quenching its thirst,
soothing the eyes
with land in its sparkling,
newly washed lush green attire.
The journey continues
through the autumn,
with trees and plants
shedding old, yellow, brown and dry leaves
to make room for fresh, nascent shoots…
youthful leaves, to go for another year.
And finally, the winter again! .
Fog and dew, freezing air and snow.
It’s opportune time to bid farewell,
It’s mere twelve months journey coming to end,
and soon, about to lapse into history.
And the world moves on, in its stride,
on a cheerful, festive note,
to welcome the new year
with hope and wishes for the best, for all!
Year after year!
Chanting ‘Happy New Year!’
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Ashok Misra
Creative Expressions 