Afternoon Raaga
Afternoon Raaga
Happy notes
of the birds
a quick succession of the
high-n-low pitch and sound,
a sweet pattern
air-borne;
the vocals disperse
softly and carried forward
on the wings of the wind
across the streets and
vacant lots,
the natural symphony—
heard inside
the 10th-floor cage, this humid
Mumbai afternoon;
the bored inmate
first time
gets arrested by the melody
of the birds, floating in
the expanse, unframed
the fusion of kinesis and infinity
in the ragas,
the tempting—outside.
Published in https://www.thequiverreview.in/ on 3rd June 2021
Leave a Reply
Want to join the discussion?Feel free to contribute!