Sunny Days
I believe I'm a sun person Long cold days of Delhi with its lovely winter of the past Always made me yearn for the sun to appear at last Foggy days when the school bus was just two circles of smokey yellow Rainy days when the world was all shades of gray and a muddy puddle Few moments of the delicious sun on winter evenings in the garden Oranges and books and the nice cream thin shawl Winter has gone, am in the land of the sun Everything is alive, ripe, full of life Mosquitoes and worms and flies all thrive Bread goes bad, the spinach has dried up Tomatoes are shriveled and the wind has given up My back is cold with sweat, my skin has changed color I rub the sun away from my eyes and yet it wins and dries them up Yellow has gone and blue is back Red is completely ignored, green strives to win the day Sun - life with you or without you - is difficult Life - with sun or without sun - is difficult I know the sun will rise again...today, tomorrow, and forever - My hand at poetry and I