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The Story of Life in a Room

Like all the rooms that make up buildings, this too was made of brick and mortar and had a roof. The window on the West captured the green foliage of  the tri-trunk Rain tree. The one on the south overlooked the sewer flowing in sombre silence,and also offered a view of  roofs housing other lives. A being named I  inhabited the Room's space riding the wheels of time in  aimless madness. On many early mornings when sleep still  eluded the weary eyes,  a name-less bird called to say, ' yet another day was born' and woke up the day to life. On the garish days of the year,  black bees pollinated the flowers of bright pink-white hues that dotted the dark green canopy of the  Rain tree. In  late afternoons, as the sun began its descent, through the spaces between fluttering  leaves streaming rays fell on the floor in quivering patterns of light patches modulated by the leaves dancing to the afternoon winds. When the  heat seared the spirit, I pulled the dirty drapes down the w

Language of the Night

What language does the night speak  To the multitude  beings on earthly space,  Wandering like specks of dust in a smoky haze The gleaming moon streaming shiny light Through the windows of concrete rooms Feeds the thirsty soul milky blooms Darkness' drapes unfolding at night's fall Pouring many a deadly glance Enfolds sordid spirits in silent trance Breeze in tender ease flows to hearts Soothing battered bodies on the way Waving its tender hands in magic sway Stars dot the blacky sky  In precarious flicker changing colours Rendering hope  its transient flavours Night does speak  In multitude of words To ears that hear