A Rain Song-5 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Then some months run fast
Summer has ended at last
And comes in the whirlwind
From southwest to blind
While things are getting dusty
My heart too feeling dirty
Hitting wind hitting some chirps
Eager my heart now peeps

O' that tree opposite
Bearing a nestful of chicks
Newborns, just newborns
Cheeping in excited respite
Excited my heart
watching with wide eyes
Praying to the almighty
For those wee birds' safety

Wind is blowing beating
Billowing winnowing
Scary scene scary scene
O' what will those chicks do
Bending and bending the tree
In cracking sound to fall
'O' God! 'praying my heart
Awed by that tree's shrieks

The tree does fall
Uprooted of all
The chicks too fall
Then suddenly wind stops
Fallen tree fallen
No one cares to hasten
Praying my heart crying
As there is no screeching

This day past some weeks
On that lushy tree lain
Drops of water the sky sheds
As north-east wind blowing
Right time the rain starts
Rain is merrily pouring
Merrily on that tree lain
Merrily on that tree lain

'O' God! ' my heart in awe
Shouts not seeing the birds
Rain is pouring, rain is pouring
Ho, heart is crying, heart is crying
Sky is dimming, sky is dimming
Eerie days of three passed
Angry my heart is raged
For I'm not helping the chicks

'What can I do
Old and weak enough
Rickety my strength
Can I move the tree
Can I save the birds
So pray to God
O'my dear heart
Pray to God my sweet heart'

Pouring rain flooding
Levelling up to the door steps
Fearing my heart crying
As the lightnings thunder high
Like a devil's hunting
Lashing, flashing, splashing
Rain is playing, playing
In dark for a week

After a week rain bids bye
Sun is out on all to shine
Sweepers come to clean
Remove the fallen tree
Waiting my heart is surprised
To see the grown chicks
Running out of the tree
My heart is happy, so happy

Happy my heart asking me now
How can it be so after a havoc
I do tell my heart, I do tell my heart
'What else could it be my dear
It's just love of God to all
Just love of God to all'