Another Summer Is On The Way.. Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

The stagnant summer ponds,
Wear the emerald diaper sands,
In colloidal water, the slithering serpents,
Can't sweat to dissipate the heat,
Hide in the boroughs of dark spots,
Where the shelled snails try to hibernate,
The amphibians have the choice of,
Escaping to the land as the spotted toads,
The Pisces with gills flip for life to breathe,
The smiling sun is so thirsty, need some icy,
Cool water from the depleting drench,
Layers of bare skins on all sides of the drying pond,
Mollusks have no remnants, but the crustaceans,
Shiny coats of colorful attires protrude their tongues,
The water not recedes, but stolen and carted away,
In the morning and afternoon day light Sun, four,
Legged creatures walk on the landed pond,
To quench their hunger, the two legged,
Bring their pitchers to collect the elixir,
To store in their castles and save as treasure.