Autumn Hues

The damp gloomy monsoonal air

Doesn't linger here anymore;

My feet, so numb, now longed for a walk,

As a red autumn leaf flew onto the floor.

When the playful monsoon winds summoned me outside,

Leave aside walk, I couldn’t even move my legs!

Captured on my bed, since long, as a patient,

Hopelessness had grown to excess...

The arrival of the autumnal equinox,

Brought with it, a divine healing touch;

Autumn breezed in, with thick foliage on the trees:

Yellow, pink, red - all set to give you the chill of your first crush!

The poet in me tried to evoke a few words of praise,

To paint this picture with poetic grace, but,

Like a child, I kept drowning in the hues of autumn,

That absorbed all my worries, leaving behind no trace.