Ode To An Arabian Summer Poem by Varghese Kuncheria

Ode to an Arabian Summer
This poem by Varghese Kuncheria is from the Anthology "The Four Seasons Poetry Concerto" published at Amazon. 

Oh, come Arabian Summer!
Bring the early heat wave,
From the West Saharan desert,
Come and penetrate my body.

Oh, come to renew my sinews!
With your scorching heat,
You purge me of all my dirt,
And cleanse me from within.

You are harsh on me at times,
Your heat penetrates my body,
And cruel and jealous like Hera,
You torment me all the season long.

You are kind to others, elsewhere,
But your solar flares are heavy on us:
You confine us indoors,
Most of the days.

Is it to ripen the green dates?
You turn them gold and dark ruby,
Changing them from sour to sweet,
Thus making them the manna of the desert.

The heat rises so high,
As the sun comes up in summer,
With vengeance on his wings,
Like a wrath of heaven unfolded.

Is it to create the treasure below?
In the deepest deep of the desert,
The treasure that turned our lives,
From camels to cars overnight.

A study warns it'll be too hot,
For humans to survive by 2100,
In the oil-rich Arabian Gulf region;
Too dang hot during the summer.

It hangs over like Damocles' sword!

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