By Ravi Ranganathan
Stay winter, stay, the season of love and mild sun
There’s subtle happiness in the cold wind that blows
Birds flutter more, as they enjoy the night that grows
One longer than the other, and nights are so much fun
To form a closer cluster when at last the day is done!
Crows and pigeons begin to enjoy moon’s soft shade
Sparrows don’t bother about morrow, resting on a glade.
Indian Koels are a class apart with their rotund red eyes
Their touch me not coloured feathers are full of guise
Ready to let go to a safer pasture, if not able to fade!
Stay winter, stay, that I may see more such lovely birds
So blessed they are as they revel, whispering glad notes
Storing strength in feathers to counter coming summertime.
And thus I regain that vital spark in my life’s winter times! ...
By Ravi Ranganathan
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