A Summer's Farewell Tale

By Ravi Ranganathan

Just a touch of sunshine on tender leaves

And the tree smiles;  white doves whisper notes

A twitter So familiar to my  ears; anecdotes

Of childhood days even as the heart grieves.

Just a gentle  rustling sigh of parting breeze

When they sail to caress the distance hills

Moving on and on to wherever God Wills

Even as they wave taking leave of  trees

Just a summer’s declining shine on fallen twigs

Wishing it  a brief reverie and a  sweet repose

A rejuvenated birth after the seasonal throes

When the spring would pump life into the sprigs.

Just a tired  summer hides for   a period of prose

As a season switches, last traces of scorch are erased

Autumn entwines the environ, yellow is showcased

Nature will reveal a new  summer in its next dispose!

By Ravi Ranganathan