She Walks Gracefully Poem by Ravi Kopra

Her bare slender feet
in white open sandals
her toes painted red

Her effulgent blue sari's
golden embroidered border
embraces the tiny silver bells
tied around her ankles

She walks gracefully
swaying her body
with a bounce in her steps.

The bells chime as she walks -
jhan, jhan
jhan-un, jhan-un

I looked at her
She smiled at me

Years later
when I think of her
I hear jhan, jhan
jhan-un, jhan-un

I see her beguiling smile
her sideways glances
her brown searching eyes
peering into mine.