In The Woods

By Sudiksha Raman

Amidst the rustling of leaves, swaying of trees

Sat a little girl whose mind an absentee

The leaves as a bed

Her body supported by the nark

She lay there heedlessly

Listening to the lullaby of the lark

Her head bent down, hair in the face

Lifted up by the wind with a gentle lace

The little girl’s eyes opened

As the clouds above thundered

She got up looking her and there

I am far from home she wondered

She started walking

The leaves crunching beneath her feet

AS the raindrops drizzled

She looked up, listening to every beat

I am not far from home

She whispered in the air

Her face angelic and beautiful as she smiles

This is the place all my life I’ve known

She breathed in the air

Looking forward, walking the rest of the miles

By Sudiksha Raman