meera panigrahi

This is the last season
Winds blow without the lilt
of summer song.
The distance ends at no horizon-
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Why sing of hills, rivers, skies and trees
In themselves they remain
Inert objects
Without theme, color and meaning-
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Winds fume and whine,
Storm through forests
Bending and lashing them to frenzy
The dark sun slips into torpor.
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This year,
will pass like all years
days will become nights
seasons will bend and disappear
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The bells in the temple ring out
Evening vespers
The wafting of flames from lamps
Throw patterns
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