Summer Poem by Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi

Summer

It is now
Peak of
Summer heat
A shady tree
An only treat
Parched dry blades
It must be hades
Celestial inferno
Terrestrial furnace

In the midst
Are little birds
Open beaks
Distraught chirrups
Looking for water
No creeks to seek
Daring Sun
Bleaches and beats

In the horizon
Mirages do dance
Teasing our senses
As we take our chance
Dripping in sweat
Walking as in trance

Furrowed brows
As temperature soars
Hapless humans
As summer heat gores
Flora and fauna sapless
Look bleak
For rain clouds
To come
They all do beseech
Nalini