One Rainy Day In A City
The Rain drenched roads
run around and away
aimlessly
amid a shower
in desperate search
of a known destination!
The gloomy dark weeping blind alleys
keep moaning
in their overwhelmed grave
for ultimate freedom!
The lone rain-soaked wary bird
tries to wriggle out
from the labyrinth
of skyscrapers
and reach the clouds
in futility.
The puddles
scattered around a field
couldn’t bosom
a fistful bit
of the crying skies
as a kin
after much effort.
The motionless train
keeps waiting
for a driver
to make it move again
through wet tracks
and hopefully
gather pace in time
to run.
The pavement dweller
drapes a veil
around his deluged world
to shoo away
the voyeuristic onlookers
in vain.
The moist verdant
has turned heavy now
as the capering wind
fails to run with ease
through it.
A few drops trickle down
the traffic signal posts
and sprinkle away
with the speeding vehicles
in a mad rush.
The half-wet
half-covered
homebound crowd
breathes to life again
in a despairing lunge
for grasping
one little assuring comfort zone
on the ply.
The hustling and bustling city
wears the look
of a grumpy old forlorn man today
being at the mercy
of the rain Gods
for a while
in a mirror image
of the sombre sky above.
Life that laughs
also wants to cry the tears
lost somewhere
and found back
on one such Rainy Day!
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