On The Pond's Ghat, Alone

I sit alone on the pond's ghat in this rainwashed noon. Her ripples dead She ruminates once more In the deafening silence of the crickets' buzz. Came the men to splash upon me The women within me bared shame Frolicked the boys in me carefree Made me alive in their joyous game! Swam on me hope's stretched hands Sunk in me the broken heart Left over me the girl her hair strands At the end they all did depart! Now I must wait for the sun to set To drown my memories of the noon Dreaming the stars to open heaven's gate Wrap me in night's ripened moon!