First Rain...

Hurt lingered for words were just spat,

Thought came only after, long after,

Alas! Done couldn’t be undone.

The distance, was hard just to bear,

The silence spelled right, only despair,

All on a sudden, rolled a thunder,

Lightning Flashes, brought out imminent fear.

A hand of mine searched and found

A waiting hand you had returned

It tugged me close, held me strong

Fear met strength and didn’t stay long!

First droplets of first rain, the breeze gifts us

Out we run into the rain, the rain embraces

We get drenched as we try to catch it in our palms

But the naughty droplets evade us with its charm!

Rain falls harder for it now has attention,

Soaks our senses, tames our emotions

Clogs our senses, and there’s no nonsense

As we rejoice in each other’s presence

Drops that fall, just wouldn’t stop,

We cling to each other, daring it to fall harder

It obliges and soon senses become one

In the pouring rain, two of us are joined as one

Soon, the mistakes are forgotten

Alone in the darkness, we hear a stranger chant

“No pain, no fear, no dirt, no anguish, no guilt, no fault, no blame

Just happiness, Just fullness and Just life...”

The thunder rolls yet again and flashes spread

The rain obliges, as we look ahead

The night is young and day far ahead

Love lingers, wrap me in your arms- beloved

©Anitha Kaveri