Music In The Air
A nightingale
sings from the banyan tree.
The sparrows
chirp and the crows caw.
The parrots
fleet with their sweet screech.
An eagle up
there whistles with joy.
I the mere
mortal wallow in the music.
The music in the
air wafts past me.
Making me happy
amidst the human sea.
The sunbirds
tweet in the palm trees.
The leaves
whisper a merry song.
The waters laugh
and gurgle.
The monotonous
sound adds to the wonder.
The silver bills
chirp and the butterflies flutter.
There is music
in the air all around.
And therein
happiness abounds.
Make Believe
The little boy
was playing in the garden.
Cycled a while
and then sat down.
Looked around
and didn’t know what to do.
He sat quietly
with a childish frown.
He looked up at
the foliage around him.
Opened his water
bottle and took it to a leaf.
He pretended to
fill water from the bent leaf.
The leaves
rustled in the breeze.
His frown
melted, he looked up with joy.
That moment in
my mind did freeze.
The boy
interacted with nature.
The foliage and
the birds became his friend.
He sang with the
birds and twirled with the leaves.
The joy of make
believe has no end.
Harmonium
I took out my
harmonium from the box.
Kept it on my
bed and dusted it.
Played the
harmonium and sang.
The notes were
the same but the emotions were different.
The words were
the same but their feelings were different.
This harmonium
of my childhood with German reeds.
So many memories
surrounding it.
So much love
embedded in it.
My mother’s
melodious voice singing along with us.
My father’s
happy eyes encouraging us.
No more of my
mother’s touch on the harmonium.
No more of my
father’s encouragement.
Now I am all
alone with the harmonium,
PARAMITA MUKHERJEE MULLICK
Dr. PARAMITA
MUKHERJEE MULLICK lives in Mumbai, India. She is a scientist, a poet, an
organiser and an editor. She believes in poetry which shows humans light in
darkness and love in hatred. Her tenth book is soon to be released. Her poems
have been translated into 40 languages and have been widely published in Indian
and international journals and anthologies. Paramita promotes peace,
multilingual, global and indigenous poetry. She has been blessed with numerous
awards for her poetry. She is the President and Initiator of the Mumbai Chapter
of IPPL and the Cultural Convenor and Literary Coordinator (West India) of
ISISAR.
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