Leisure

We sit back and gaze transfixed at the red blushing sky, 

The Sun spraying her with colors as he says ‘good-bye,’       

We watch the molten gold drenching the floating cloud      

As the sleepy earth is being covered with a grey shroud.

We can listen intently to the breeze as it softly rustles by,

We may watch unhurriedly the vultures circling in the sky

We take out a book just to flip through its worn-out pages,

We may wonder languidly, why the sleeping ocean rages.

There is no tension, no hassles, or any reason to hurry,

No problems to be solved, with not any cause to worry.                                                                                          

One can do what one wants, freely relax and meditate,   

There’s no urgent call to duty, no assignment to update.                                  

It’s good for one’s body; it is also ideal for the mind,

It is relaxing and enervating, the best tonic you can find.                               

Leisure means freedom, beneficial beyond measure,

With no restraining shackles, Leisure is sheer pleasure.