WORD STREAM (52) You have won

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YOU HAVE WON

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In that dense, wild forest,

Skeleton of an age old tree,

Could not resist the storm,

No leaves ,no bark, it just fell free.

Mud,  sand, dirt, covered it,

It started to decompose and decay,

With long, long passage of time,

In torrential rain, and prickly sun-ray.

Death was warranted  to the tree,

Green creeper plants covered the same,

Heap of turmoil ate the remains,

It was one part of Nature's game.

In silence, and among thunderstorms,

Encircled with huge green forest ,

This poor dead skeleton was hidden,

 Covered with wild sheet , laid to last rest.

And one morning ,after heavy rain,

There peeped out a tiny leaf, under the sun, 

Rain drops  reflected rainbow around it,

And said, "Hi Life ! you have won."  

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WORD STREAM (51) THE BUTTERFLY

           THE BUTTERFLY

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Remember the childhood days,

Little butterfly-

Dance and dive, chasing her mate,

A life of love,

Kissing the flower,

Under the sky.

Flowers are for devotion,

For fragrance, for garland,

For leaders, for scent, 

For greeting with fake smile-

with a bouquet in hand.

Remember?

We ran for butterfly,

In our childhood,

Their colorful vision-

 flying above our heads,

just few inches high.

We have run a long long distance,

They are not seen now,

Either they are afraid of day-light,

Or, we are blind to sight,

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                                                 11-10-2022