Reflections

Broken pieces of buildings
Strewn on the road in puddles
From yesterday’s rain.

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Gulmohar

The sunlit blossoms
Dancing on leafless twigs
Summer’s salsa.

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Rain on the sea

The clouds have a cold;
the waves reach to wipe off their running noses
with a million hands.

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Sudha is a professor in the Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Flower image courtesy: vintagefieldandgarden.com