DEWDROPS

Dewdrops..

Have u ever felt dewdrops beneath ur naked feet
Have u ever felt sunshine smiling on u from the sky
Have u seen how strange shapes, the clouds can assume
Have u noticed how time stands still, in the countryside?

Let me tell u small story, of a girl called Nikki
She lives in a village, untouched by the city
She spends some wonderful moments, plays till dawn
She never comes home from the streets, untill called upon

She gets up in the morning with the sun shining bright
She feels the dewdrops beneath her feet and puts some on her eyes
She stands on the roof of the "pucca" house
And watch the palm trees giving way to the sunrise....

She notices how the sky changes it's colour
From grey to green to blue to turquiose...
She hears the birds chirping and playing around
She sees the beauty of the sunrise and that of a budding rose

She goes to a school where they teach her ka kha ga
Her school is under a Banyan tree and and it has a Guruji
He teaches her how to write on a slate with chalk
However she prefers to eat the chalk rather than write with it

Her meals are like that of Krishna
Makkhan and Dahi...
She sits on the Banyan tree
an relishes glucose powder in a jiffy

She has loads of relatives
Nani, Maamis, mamas and cousins
She never feels lonely
What a bliss full time it is

When it's time for a bath, it gets really cool
She heads towards the pump
which is used to water the paddy fields
But for some time it has to become her swimming pool

Slowly the dusk comes, and all the cows come home
She watches them in awe, as they leave dust behind
They wear metal bells and it tinkles all the way
She should be careful though and never come in the way

The lantern is lit by the ladies of the houses
which depicts the begining of a long night
She reaches the rooftop with her gang in tow
They put the beddings on jump on it, happiness galore

For the night brings with it, so many stars..
She tries to find her favourite one which shines very bright
She makes a lot of images with those lovely stars
and shares them with her pals almost every night..

The darkness also brings out so many fears
The ways the trees sway in the wind
The way some birds scream in the night
She's been told to keep very quiet

So she sleeps in her Nani's lap
and drifts away to dreamland
She will wake up again in the morning
to have another lovely day
to have another lovely day...