Memory..Prafulla Panda, Odisha, India. 🇮🇳

 

Memory

The mighty banyan may shake in the misty morn

but for warmth may shy the blooming corn;

and the flocks oft delay their first bite or the chicks shun

to scrape the dry leaves under the droopy sun

but, I am not tired to reminisce the pleasant past

when we sat on the evening sea's sandy mat;

where the tipsy wind stepped in with the whirling vortex

and the vagrant stars eavesdropped our joyous steps

for hours, under cashew leaves we're canopied

unmindful of the gentle eve guiding us into midnight;

our naked breaths guarded off chillness around

as intimately we grew as our vegan love's sweet and sound

when I lie alone, my memory like the monsoon rain,

rains much to deluge my soul as much as it can.

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