A Girl In Love:  Image: Courtesy +tanya dimitrova

The cold winds blew
hard on their faces,
as the sun hid behind the clouds,
and  the dust of golden sand blinded her eyes.
The sand that blew with the wind,
blew everywhere,
and in the sheet of dust covering the clouds
as the eyesight dimmed,
she felt his presence
and heard those words:
a sudden declaration of love!
And suddenly again
the wind blew;
suddenly the canopy of the mind flew;
thousands of swallows resting in the heart
fluttered and flew with the wind.
Not knowing if the rapture was sadness or joy
she covered her face in a surprise.
Thousands of swallows broke their cage
and found freedom  in the infinite blue
that shone unseen
behind the fog of dust and the screen of the  clouds
of gloom.

Sushama Karnik   (c)
2015