Monsoon Fury

With respite, comfort, solace; Reached monsoon Bringing rain to filling rivers, soaking meadows Showering mountains Sprinkling woods, valleys......... All drenched with joy of rain Grasses come alive Little souls beneath grasses On merrymaking, looking happy Little birds singing songs of joy And everything around looking fine and jolly Last monsoon Pilgrims charged with spiritual energy Made their way to Kedernath, the holy shrine To worship and pray When rain played havoc on their way And it came as the sorrow of the day Landslides and other forms of devastation came their way Monsoon fury or rain fury or flood fury Whatever it may be, we call it nature's fury Unleashing a lot of damage to innocent lives Some not yet found, some buried alive And some forever washed away For years to come Tragedy of this magnitude termed as national calamity Could not be written off our memory To their bereaved families Go our sympathies with prayers That may God give them strength to bear the tragedy Is the monsoon on rampage Churning out mayhem Holding devotees' faith on thou art at bay? Oh God! have mercy on thy devotees For they are on their way To thy door to worship and pray....!