THE MAGIC OF HOPE

Sajla Chawla | DECEMBER 14, 2024, 11:27 PM IST

There is a blade of grass,

Lost among a million on the hill.

And yet I know its every breath,

And its promise yet to be fulfilled.


I know its golden winter hues,

I know its burnt black  summers,

I know its  first shade of green,

When the first drop of monsoon occurs.


Oh the forest fires and the purple skies!

Oh the  languid days of the pastoral!

Oh the mellow sunsets and Aeolian winds

Oh the seasons of death and rebirth!


And all through those fearful seasons,

Did the blade of grass lie low and wait

It knew not what it longed for.

Maybe a chance to beat it’s fate?


And just when hope was on a brink,

My heart trembled like that blade of grass, 

The waters cascaded from the skies 

And you walked into my heart.

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