Meenas Poems
It was a cough
that was tough
made me uneasy
I felt dizzy
my eyes turned red
I stood baffled instead
how am I to get rid of it?
know not what to do in a bit
I almost broke down
instead of sobs cough came on
Oh! see my plight
it is not light.
Tomato is so red
looks like blood
I love the colour
never in a pallor
the redness dazzles
the tomato baffles
used in all almost
could find them in the toast
scattered in the salad
sung in the ballad
found in the gravy
heals the scurvy
a skin toner in a way
keeps blemish at bay
tastes so nice
mixed with rice
a liveliness in
till it goes to the bin
a lovely vegetable
proud to have it in the table
never too expensive
affordable and defensive
an agent of immunity
consumed by the primitive
continues its utility
great and curative.
The flowers white and red
the white being numerous
the red in a few
with the yellow in one and two
call me with a bloom
as I sit to brood
they being so fresh and soft
the petals so silky and shiny
wink at me with a twinkle
as I sit there to deliberate
they dance with the breeze
flutter with the birds
reveal themselves to the bees
as I sit there with my mind elsewhere
their ambience is so lovely and charming
the aesthetics beautiful and gleaming
mark me with a pin and a peg
as I sit there lost in my thoughts
their exuberance spreads a colourful hue
in contrast to my mind’s greyish howl
they laugh and grin with the environ
while my mind wanders in the realms
of unrelated references inappropriate
not the most required at the moment
I am fully present in this enchanting place
physical though in an existence
as my mind inhabits in a dwelling
away from all these pristine pleasures
meandering and negotiating the incidents
that would bring no gain or fortune
either in the form of peace and goodwill
or in the mode of financial and economy
nestles in a deal that wedges the heart all through
the slanders that keep us in turmoil
well, tI sit and brood in a dilemma
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