yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

 ~ ~ Summers bring in fresh colours and shapes on campus The fetish for brooming has taken a back-seat this season  and these colours and shapes are more pronounced ~ ~  I enjoy walking on these leaves, feel them tickle and caress my naked feet, listen to them crackle as I walk . . .  When I shared this with a friend she responded with these lines by Gulzaar Saab " . . वह सूखा पत्ता उस लकड़ी के पुल पर ही पड़ा था उसे उस पुल पे आने-जाने वाले पैरों का डर था  कुचल दे गा कोई भी, पीस देगा पाँव के नीचे . . " ~ ~  Many of these leaves and flowers are decidedly happy  with each other  If there was a line that would appropriately suit all these fellows being together it is a positive version of  "सब साले मिले हुवे हैं"  ~ ~  Each is special their shadows too have colours  गुलमोहर पीपल  ~ ~  Reminds me of children playing undisturbed Neither adults nor o...

~ Fallen beauties ~ More than a few trees we have  Be it numbers or species diversity Biased towards some we are  Like the Pakhads near the dairy But there is one tree which stands out  Near the school we see it stand tall  Its flowers say it all  How I wish I could climb the tree And see them up there  Or lie with them  As they elegantly caress the ground  Fallen beauties these  Graceful even after the tree lets them go