THE GENTLE RAIN // Poem by Madhu Mehrotra

All night through the thoughts

cloud the sleep

as dreams

as nightmares

twisting, turning

catching the inward eye

heavy on the heart

the clouds of thoughts

unsaid, unfulfilled

unthought, unseen

fill the mind

loss, despair

unwanted loneliness

rage as lightning flashes

the sounds submerged

in the clouds of thought

the light breaks 

through the darkness

the winged creatures

sing in melodies

given by generations

the eye opens

the clouds of thoughts

disappear, vanish in thin air

it's a new morn

it's a new day

the glistening dew

the sun faced flower

the gentle blue sky

a gurgling water stream

over the rustling leaves

settle on the inward eye

a moment of gentle rain

washes the clouds of thought

away, away to endless time

a reminder

all is but a

flash in eternity

now here, now gone. 

The author has lived her life in the hills. 

A flash in eternity, now here, now gone.