Feel Me

Is it too cold in your place? Does cold wind bite your body? Has there been snow fall in front of your house? Touch the snow and Feel me in the snow melting Between your fingers. Does your pet cat Move around you Seeking your warm touch? Then stroke her head and See, I am there. You are walking in your lawn Grasses are bending to touch your feet You pick a blade of grass absentmindedly Perhaps I am there In that tiny grass blade. You are walking in the open A soft breeze blows across Feel me in the breeze Caught in your ruffled hair. A shaft of golden light Falls on your verandah You draw a chair to the yellow light And sit there to read morning newspaper Feel me dear when a sunny warmth hugs you. Bharati Nayak