Summer Retreat Poem by Ramakrushna Sahu

As the monkey's call
Warns the arrival of tiger
So the cuckoo's calling
Warns of summer' arrival
To go for a hiding
In the coolness of love

How cruel may be the
hard hitting of sun
We are protected by trees
Laden with dense green leaves
To whisper love under the shadows
To someone sitting close

From the hight of snow clad hills
The stream run below
To quench our thirst
Nothing can dehydrate
the love of earth
Summer is just a lesson
To learn for renewal of passion

While others are afraid of summer
It is the season of lovers
To turn the anger of sun into blessing
They spread their wings of fire
To fly to the height of
each other's heart.