Domestic Shades-27

A Visit To My Hometown Beyond my expectation, beyond my anticipation My hometown that birthed me seventy two years ago Gave me a surprise nostalgic invitation Which I never thought I would accept to rightly go "Paraikottu" was din-dinning in booming welcome When my feet touched that soil of rituals All the Ammans while in ecstatic jiggling drum-strum Celebrations were beaming as temple-festivals I found so many goddesses in extended numbers Newly born of so many mythical "avathars" Rustic people albeit in exotic attires Remained still rustic with fire-pots to catch fire Though there was no devotion I could feel My heart-beats matched their tempo of zeal But when a group-fight boozed up suddenly I cautioned my heart to move away quickly Further a sojourn of pleasantries and pleasance Visiting primarily to all the temples and friends Except Goddess Meenakshi who disallowed my presence All other deitiesblessed me with multiples of four hands At the foot of Kodai hills is my hometown Surrounded by hills and falls beautiful once But now dusty, noisy, congested to frown Yet there is this hope of falls and hills dense Lack of time to visit those sylvan spots My brother promised for them in my next visit Yet I doubt my health and life and possibility But to His newly built abode when I visited Peace embraced me darted from Shirdi Saibaba Oh, what a heavenly surprise to cherish for ever! !