Tag Archives: Mist

The Children Shout Out Everything

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they know

poetry songs

and it is so beautiful

to hear their voices ring

and the ladies this morning

were going to some meet

all dressed in white sarees

and the mist is thick

and gorgeous

leaving my chairs

and teapoy

on the terrace wet

and now as a baby talks

the trees and mountains

glow emerald green

and I find myself

suddenly engulfed

by the sky

gathered in its

silken arms

and I melt in love.

The World This Morning

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soothes my mind

with its sunlight

its birds chirping

and whistling

and a cock crowing

and there’s a vehicle

droning in the distance

while a bucket

falls on the floor

nearby

and I love

these sounds

they touch my heart

a killer elephant

has been caught

and brought

to the forest here

it has been raining

for a week

the mountains

are green and beautiful

and I melt in the mist.

In The Distance

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in the thicket

of trees

there are pigs running

in the morning

there is silence

in my mind

I am water

I am air

I am this quiet neighbourhood

under the sun

and such is its beauty

I melt in the mist

over the mountains

and slowly

I become

the birds singing

and then the love

in your heart.

I Was Having This Conversation

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with the mountains

and as they spoke

mist rose from them

I am such a puzzle

to myself I said

I just can’t understand

and the hills laughed

O Dominic we are

always changing

so we can never

know everything

we are a mystery

they said

and I looked

at the people

and the houses around me

and I looked at myself

and found my body

disappearing 

and I looked

around again

and found the world

vanishing

and in moments

everything was gone.

I Am Like A Mountain

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with mist around

my head

and it is only slowly

that I see myself

and the sunlight

now makes everything

clearer

and I am at peace

at dawn

enchanting morning

and the day’s so sharp

I smile

and the night is the best

the moon the stars shining

in the dark sky

I enclose in my eyes

and sleep.

The Mist Engulfs Us

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all around

and there

is silence

so real

you feel

the cosmos

living

and then

the forest birds

sing

but inside me

there is turmoil

there is pain

and outside

the breeze blows

in great happiness

though my mind is frozen

my heart is broken

and nothing can

take away this

anguish in me

hurting so badly

and now

life drags me along

the ground

like a dying enemy

and spits on me.

The Coolness

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is now magic

that makes the world

the little girl next door

talks to her mother

and grandmother

so sweetly

the warm sun

in the blazing silver sky

shines happily

and the birds chirp in joy

the cocks crow

the turkey gobbles

in gladness

and in the green forest

trees sway in delight

and behind it

the mountains

are covered in mist

and you can’t see them

and nearby a tree

is flowering red

and the leaves

of my neem tree

are falling

as they do this time

every year

and the little girl

next door is talking

once again

and it is so sweet now

I begin to float

in happiness

into the air

and I can hear

the birds ask me

Dominic Dominic

isn’t life beautiful?

Peace The Trees

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say swaying

and I smile

at the

green beauties

and the mist

rising over

one mountain

is so beautiful

the sky so serene

and the birds chirp

and there is silence

which is paradise

because it cleanses

my mind

and gives me wings

to fly

and what I see

from up here

is this huge expanse

of mountains

and valleys

and forests

and there are elephants

and tigers

and leopards

and deer

and cardamom plantations

and tea estates

so pretty

I laugh in joy

at the gorgeous

winding roads

the colourfully painted

houses

waking up

to a new day.