Journey

journey of life  is a serpentine path
with twists and turns, and milestones
passing through varied terrains,depths and altitudes
stages from cradle to gravestone

journey of love is a saga of conflicts,
musical odyssey sojourned, with smiles and tears
strung together in a parody of melodious moments

journey of the sun over celestial expanse
is an arc of light, from the rising dawn to dusk, 
painting dancing silhouettes, showering molten gold,
licking dewdrops, rejuvenating lotuses and sunflowers

journey of flowing gentle river-
emerging from a glacier's frozen lips, as a waterfall
flowing on bosom of plains, as boon of fertility
overflowing its dams in rage, to bring ruin as flood
lastly mingling in vastness of the sea to lose itself.

journey of a flower from an unfurled bud, 
within curled green palm of calyx
to a blooming blossom crowning a stalk,
spreading fragrance and endowing nectar of reticulate veins
withering away on its throne or being plucked,
to lie in homage at feet of deities in a temple
smile in a bouquet with redolence and colors, 
to impart loving greetings in mute beauty
to lie as an epitaph of remembrance on a grave.

journey of a pearl from the womb of an oyster,
lying deep into hurling infinity of ocean-
comes out into the world to spread a smile
of alabaster opalescence, in a ring or a necklace-
drop of moonlight or morning dew, made priceless

journey of a kite made from alms of dead trees,
by dexterous fingers with loving care, to fly high above
with a string tied to its tail, it soars high with vagrant wind
trying to caress clouds and to kiss sun's golden lips,
resenting tied cord that limits altitude of its flight
snap of thread lead to its sad demise,
torn into pieces by fangs of callous draught.

journey of raindrop is a cycle, from earth to skies and back
moisture as vapour forms floating clouds,
condensed into raindrops in cottony bosom of smoke
falls to quench thirst of parched earth,
With orchestra of thunder and lightening 
rejuvenating leaves and flowers , washing away dust
and leaves at last, a dangling rainbow in its wake