On return from Mahabaleshwar, one of the very few ever green forests in the world, situated on the Western Ghats of India...
Mahabaleshwar
These rolling hills of Western Ghats
have a beauty strewn in their parts
unparalleled by any other world's ramparts,
Blue-green dotted with yellow spread vast
Remind me of the Blue Mountains in Aussie land.
For miles and miles together, unbroken stand
The hills carved by the Nature's own mighty hands
The highest Plateau in the whole of Asia grand.
Known by the exotic name of Panchgani, the five mountains
all flat-topped, create the impression of a close-knit clan,
just like the Pandav's of Mahabharata, who lived on these planes
masquerading in various grabs as the common man
to hide from the roving eyes of enemy, as the legend goes...
And the clouds in the lofty valley, come row after row
envelope you in a soft quilt, as the visibility goes low
the Nature rocks you in its lap; your inner self glows
And when the Sun suddenly, from behind the hills peeps
A feeling of warmth creeps in and takes you in its sweep
The dew drenched leaves of exotic plants seem to weep
mourning the loss of comforting darkness in the forest deep.
And your heart takes a flight, swishing sorrows away
making way for sheer delight, as Suns glory holds sway
You run down the undulating slopes, hopping o'er rocks in the way
and feel on top of the world, mist carrying you away
to the edge of the Earth; Heaven wards you fly
your imagination runs rife, in excitement you cry
I am free, I am me, my soul is full, my spirit's on the high...
A certain kind of contentment sets in, as you celebrate
the very fact that you are hail n' hearty, and simply alive...
Author: Zoya Zaidi
Aligarh (UP), India
Copyright ©: Zoya Zaidi
4.12.2008
Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mahabaleshwar-scene.jpg/200px-Mahabaleshwar-scene.jpg
Poetry by Zoya Zaidi
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