A Welcome Respite

Turning sideways, once more I lay crouched in bed Not compelled to wake up and run round the clock The family, gone on a four day trip Left all to myself, may I devour this calm with none to block Listening to the hiss of falling rain, here I lie The breeze that steals in through the window ajar Tousles my hair and briskly passes And I hear a Bulbul warbling afar Snuggling beneath my woolly blanket With deadlines none, I feel so light Lazily watching the sun beams filtering down I lie quiet, my mind, like a bird in flight This brief respite is truly a delight At a time when life is going out of gear With so much of work and very many errands Task on task and each day’s toil and care Now the house is empty with my own space To pursue things of my preferential choice To feast on the flowers in dawn’s early light And to lose myself in the company of the Muse To indolently watch the time slipping by To indulge in all fanciful things that gladden To skip a meal and close down the kitchen To hum and sing in gay abandon Loneliness, at times I warmly embrace When exhausted with life’s ceaseless mess Of late I have begun to realize It sure has its shimmering gloss. But I must put on a deceptive guise And say, I so badly missed my folks While they were away on a distant trip Though I know, it is far from facts! * * * After a cool night’s blissful rest I woke up feeling full of zest To take up routine chores without haste And venture on a day’s audacious quest!