Sadhasivam Falls In Andhra Poem by Rajendran Muthiah

In a tranquil morn
we tramped over the moors.
“ Where are those tweeting birds
and the animals striking awe? ”
We trudged through the jungle
minding not the twingle at our feet.
The cloudy clime and moist
paralysed our lungs.
We hurried through the tunnel of plants
and we had the sun our hope.
With sweating ascent and steep descent,
Our hope to see the feet of the Lord weakened.
We trod on one another’s heels
and our transistors allayed our fears.
On rocks at times we sat for rest
and walked and walked exhausting snacks.

“ O what a cascading falls
glittering near the abode of God! ”
someone cried and surged over the vale.
We lay down and rolled under the falls
to comfort our swelling legs.
We cried aloud the name of God
or else we couldn’t bear the cold.
A troglodyte was doing rites
and offered prayers towards ‘Parvathi’,
the goddess resting on a mound near a pond,
where we dived and swam to the falls;
struglgling to hold our breath,
we stumbled along the slipping rocks
which denied to yield any holds.

Our troup with troubadours
sang aloud, inspired by jungle muses.
The food we had, we lost midway
and mounted up the hills back
to reach a hamlet faraway
from where we could catch a bus.
Souls vexed and sad,
go and bathe in falls
to get relieved from your strife
that visits you often in modern life.