Going out in the evening
looking at the shops big and small
glorified with lights colourful
found also over the tress on the roads
blue ,pink and white lights flicker
with the neon lights on the pavements
and the sodium vaporised lights shining bright
the darkness of the night dispelled
being eliminated by illumination
the moon over the skies
shining demurely and peevishly
feeling shy of the earthly lights
while the stars refuse to come out
afraid of the twinkling lights far below
the man-made fusions succeed so well
that they pose a threat to the constellation
leaving the firmament bare and dark
the artificial overpowering the natural as ever
that which is new would seem better
the old losing its gleam in the endeavour
thus goes the evening drive across the city.
Meenas Poems 