WHISPERS: Clouds in the Attic

Some Free Form of Haiku's on Rain

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Deep forest shakes off its age

Dances with breeze, in fresh green trees

Rain drum beats, cloud gives thunderous clap

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The pregnant clouds, sweeping down

From the mountain peaks

Forest braces for re-birth

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Dark clouds have rained and gone

You smile, in burst of rainbow

In deluge of pain, I smile too

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This poetry is one of the collections of poetry I am writing, called “Kalina” about a small girl and her world, her feelings her thoughts. ‘Clouds in the Attic’ was submitted along with 'Butterfly' to ‘One Stop Poetry’ for the competition “Through a Child’s Eyes”. The poem "Butterfly' was selected as one of the finalist. Click here to read to read the article…

Clouds in the attic

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As she walked ahead

In her enthusiastic little hop, skip and jump - steps

I fell behind, in my own thoughts; old and aging

Yet keeping pace with her fresh world

That turns in, with a burst of rainbow

On every turn, flying like a butterfly

Across her little universe of wonder

Now she stops; the deep forest

Climbing up the steep incline of the mountain

Has her attention; complete with one hand under her chin

And I know, she knows what to ask,

With a sweet little smile behind her knit wool gloved little hand

And stump me with her wide charmed eyes

“Why those clouds are leaving the mountain alone?

Do you think Grandpa, Peakoo* will be happy without them to play?

Do you think they are coming over to play with us?

Can you give your extra blanket to put them up, in the attic for the night?

Grandpa, it’s very cold now, you know, they will shiver

Before I could think an answer and say,

“Kalina, lets go now, it’s going to rain”

She has already moved on

Playing with the soft cold breeze, moving up from the valley

With her hands out stretched, running, almost flying

Like the autumn leaves, that joined in to play, in her wake

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 ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

Submitted to 'One Shot Wednesday Week 24'
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