Toast To A Friend* Poem by C. P. Sharma

I wish you land in a spring valley
On a bed of roses made for you
And there be all flower petals
Not any thorn to prick

The clouds so heavy dark and deep
Downpour the waters of the seas
Quench thirst of the arid land
Flora and fauna to please

I don’t wish you to fall from heavens
I wish you all the worldly joys
What if, they are short lived
In it reality, grace and poise

The life on the earth is divine gift
Solemnize, celebrate and rejoice

*For Munnazah Chaudhary on her incomplete poem ‘I wish’