Summer Rain Romance

A balcony facing the paddy fields

Steaming black tea and fritters on the teapoy  

They were watching the summer rain 

Together like for the first time 

The rhythm of rain fall on

The paddy leaves and trees

The mosaic floor was cold 

The air had the fragrance 

of soil, Lillies, and Jasmines 

Their favorite flowers 

They leaned on to each other

Whispering the sweet nothings 

She blushed and her dimples bloomed

While the rain droplets dripped toward them

From their roof in the direction of the breeze 

They stood up and cuddled for that rainy breeze

Drenching with the excitement of new lovers 

Their summer vacation in a village homestay 

They saw more rain than the sun and the scenery

They remembered how they met on a rainy day 

Drenched and shivering in a tea shop sipping tea

Their eyes made contact and froze while the steam

Took them back to senses and they talked excitedly 

It seemed like they have gone back to that moment

They took their tea cups and walked towards their room

With desires from the past luring them for nostalgic romance

This poem is inspired by the extended rain sessions during the summer in Trivandrum. Images are taken by Dagmara Dombrovska and Miliju Varghese

Rain journey

It was a delightful evening

Blessed with chilly sweet rain

Neither too heavy nor too light

But we felt it gentle to walk through it

Waited for a late night train to hometown

As we missed the last early evening train

All the seats in the bogey were taken

We occupied the space near the door

As the train moved, I saw the drizzle

In the shade of lights on the track

Later, I noticed the rhythm of rain

Dancing in the arms of the gentle wind

Resembling a romantic ballroom dancing couple

But the speedy train separated them with its force

Turbulently without any truce towards their unison 

As the train breached the darkness and silence of night

I saw the dark clouds on the sky with the lights in the bogey

Though the chilly wind bothered us a bit, it was refreshing

We sat on the floor; we stood at times, choicelessly awake  

When others somehow slept despite the crunched space

I never watched rain that longer at late night before

I felt scared whenever train ran through the bridges

As I saw the burgeoned rivers and lakes with rainwater

More over I saw the fierceness of rain piercing the water

Like a ruthless warrior killing his opponent in battlefield

Rain showed the face of innocence when it oozed down

Through the roofs of houses or drenched trees along the track

When the train rested at the stations, I saw the glittering rain

Sprinkling colorfully as the overhead lightings reflected it

By the time, the train reached my hometown

The canvas for the rain changed from darkness

But it kept painting as if it found endless joy

Coloring the nature with its colors 

New Year Rain

Another new year came in

Without knocking the door

As it replaced the old door

With its ever green touch

That refuses to die down

Despite the age catching up

Its glorious hands with change

That seamlessly marching on

Even as the astrologers immersing

Themselves in predicting the future

I looked at the bright sun and felt great

It’s the new-year sunshine, a great omen

A spirit that always drove me on in the past

To make new resolutions for the year ahead

And to try to make it happen at least for a day

Waking up from an unusual slumber

I heard the noise of battlewagon of the rain

As the wind smashed through the coconut trees

I sensed the raw fragrance of the barren earth

I wondered why it is raining on a new year’s day!

I wonder if this is the year to redefine the seasons

As now rain comes unprecedently and lasts for long

While the winter and summer plays hide and seek game

Though it ruined my day, it let me to get lazy once more

To slip down into the arms of music and raw thoughts

Rain has given me an excuse to stay clear from stress

Sometimes, embracing the idleness in company of rain

In the lonely den of this world is much better than being out

Venting out the stress at some hapless opponents somewhere

As rain brings pieces of peace inside its droplets to share with us

May be this rain is just a new-year gift from the sky to think

A path might unfold by holding the droplets in the heart

A reminder for the days to come, peace will lead the way

Wish you all a happy new year! 

Proposal in rain

Sunny morning greeted her a message

An invitation to be there at the rose hill

A serene garden of fragrant pretty roses

A place for romance amidst the silence

That is breached only by the mystic wind

The tales of love  written all over the air

The songs of love sung by the butterflies

Welcomed her to a world of lively dreams

The roses smiled at her as if greeting a friend

While her eyes scrambled around for a glimpse

Of her beloved man who invited her for a date

The  signboards encrypted with roses lead her

Towards the an arena of her favorite pink roses  

Surprised at the deserted look of the garden

She looked around with her pleading eyes

She asked him to come alight sweetly

It’s the rain that drizzled in return

she looked skywards delightfully

Closing her eyes with a charm

she embraced the rain  as a gift

she drenched in company of roses

when she opened her eyes slowly

she saw the exotic bunch of pink roses

within the reach of her trembling  hands

As she felt butterflies in her tummy atonce

Seeing her lover on his knees with a  smile

Asking her if she will marry him amidst roses

Cracking her secret wish like a smart magician

She took the roses and embraced the silence

She heard his heartbeats aloud in that frozen

Emotion filled rose garden conquered by rain

She erupted the passion and joy with her yes

As he jumped like a crazy kid punching the air

Before hugging her with an aura of gratitude

For accepting his wish to share life with her

Even as the rain kept dancing in its full rhythm

Shining Moon on a Rainy Night

My friends laughed at me 

When I said, I saw a shining moon on a rainy day

They never believed

And asked me to prove it

On another rainy night

There was a glimpse of faint moonlight

Shaded by the moving clouds

They had reason to say I was wrong

With a tint of humour

As it’s impossible to see the moon

On a cloudy dark rainy night

It was a tough image to capture on a canvas

As my painter friend tried her best

To recreate that shining moon with colours

She gave up after messing with three canvases

On that special day, it rained throughout

I thought the rain would take a breather at night

But the rain clouds refused to leave

And it kept sending millions of rain droplets

Without any intent of reducing the vigour

Even as the day ended

It was a full moon night,

But the moon was nowhere to see

As the clouds covered the moon

As if, they had a pre-meditated motto

The cold rain breeze made the evening chilly

As the thunder and lightning stayed away

The scenario wasn’t that terrifying even in that darkness

Slowly, rain paced itself down to a slight drizzle

Dancing in various angles forced by the breeze

With clouds making their way out slowly

To my surprise, I started seeing brightness in the sky

Slowly it became clearer

With the moon making well-orchestrated appearance

Glittering the cloud leftovers like transparent smoke

The sky looked enticing

Drizzling raindrops were visible

As the moon appeared in it entirety

Smiling as if it conquered something

I was able to see the swaying trees

With raindrops oozing down

From the tips of their leaves

Even some stars were visible

I was wondering if it was a dream

To see the drizzling rain, swaying trees, shining stars,

Beautiful clouds and breeze

Well lit by the full moon

As it looked auspicious in a way

I was watching the rain being a rain enthusiast,

Sitting on my balcony as power broke-down

As usual during heavy rain

First in darkness, then under the magical full moonlight

Truly an amazing spectacle that I keep in my heart

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Rain canals

As a kid, I loved the canals

I loved watching water flowing

Through the small canals alongside

The green paddy fields in my village

I dug up small canals around my home

Connected all of them to create a system

I dug trenches to fill in the rainwater from canals

I dug notches to divert the water to coconut tree plots

When it rains, I used to glance through the windows

To see the water gushing through my rain canals

Sometimes I put paper boats from one end

Then I wait to see it sailing down the slope

Slowly towards those plots or trenches

Those canals were scaled rivers for me

That brims into life only when it rains

It was a crazy hobby but I loved it

Last night I dug a small rain canal

Alongside the road near my home

To flush away the flooded rainwater

At night under the bright streetlight

I found myself excited just as that kid

 When I saw the rainwater racing away

 When it rains, I turn pages of memory

I still have so many rain canals to dig

To show my kids how to enjoy rain  

Soul in rain

It rained like the drizzle of souls

It reminded me of a beautiful soul

She loves the rain crazily just as me

She is beyond the miles I could cover

She is beyond the reach of my hopes

She is beyond the grasp of my dreams

She is beyond the realms of my prayers

But, as I closed my eyes, I saw her enjoying rain

By letting the blessed rain to baptize her lost soul

Embracing the healing nectar from the heaven

She flapped her hands like wings of a dove

To feel the freedom she craved all her life

She encircled the rain like a dazzling top

Splashing the droplets allover tangentially

Her artistic feets created a swirl on rainy floor

Then she stood still to take a deep breath of sigh  

She closed her hopeful eyes to make a dearest wish

She folded her hands at once like twin bowls of wishes

She collected the sweet droplets of rainy desires

To fill her heart with fresh desires for the future

As she wished to erase her broken dreams

When she opened her eyes, she saw me

Her eyes sprinkled the rays of joyous smile

I leaned forward to catch her shivering hand

For a walk through the deserted street in rain

But, to my surprise, she gingerly ran past me

With a shy smile, challenging me to catch her  

But I stood frozen watching her crazy antics

Dancing like a little girl forgetting everything

I wished to freeze the mood in her heart forever

So that she don’t have to shed her tears and hide it  

While drenching in a chilly rain, defying the lightening

The glimpse of her curves tangled in drenched drapes

Left my lustful eyes mesmerized in the glory

Of being a twin soul to a honest girl

As she doesn’t veil her heart

When she is with me

As she loved being herself

In my company through the years  

She shrugged me off from my naughty thoughts

While holding my hand and asking for a walk

Yet she didn’t miss out on mocking me

With her unique black humor

We shared some lighter moments in that rain

We breached the barriers of silent sorrow

With the warmth of our hopes of a life together

Noise from somewhere vanished my daydream abruptly  

And I opened my eyes to traverse my lonely journey as usual

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Night and Rain : a perfect couple

This night

 Waited like a lonely  beautiful newlywed bride

Patiently 

To start the journey of new life with husband    

Nervous

Yet slowly adjusting to her new home

Scared

Yet her heart brimmed with dreams

Until

He showered down from the sky

Erasing

Away all her fears and worries

His smile

Filled her heart with an aura of belief

Her heartbeats

 Driven by her emotions ran like a racehorse

She shivered

As he walked in slow-motion towards her side

He overheard

The rhythm of her nascent heartbeats for him  

  His touch

Left her heart and soul frozen for a moment

She smiled

With a flavour of shyness of her entire life   

They embraced

For the first time with passion  

Dissolving

The souls as one forever 

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Rain- My friend

Rain my beautiful friend

It drew me to its magical web,

With the fake promises of showing a new world,

As I walked into rain, it showed me mirages,

So charming that I lost myself in its trenches

When my senses took me back to reality

I found myself being fooled once again

By the playful arrogance of my friend

But I found the world to be so different

With a mist of freshness glazing its lazy sheen

Smile of hope welcomed me where I went

I smiled back to all those graceful souls

While exploring the silent art works

Left behind by my friend for me

On their peaceful faces

For inspiring me

To love

Life  

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Flavors of rain

Walk

By freeing the arms like wings

Looking at the sky with a thankful nod

For its graceful shower of healing droplets

That absorb all the tears into ocean

Dance,

Holding the hands of rain,

With the wings of romance,

Fly in air embracing the rain,

Until you drench your soul fully

Sing

In rhythm with the whistles of breeze

Along with the chorus of melancholic rain

Until your sweet voice, echo all over

Freezing the fire in the hearts

Silence

Catch the mood of silent rain

With the net of your vibrant heart

As you read the silent desires of naughty rain  

Which wish to hold you in its arms until it vanish! 

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