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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