Memories

I laid my foot

On the wet, clayey soil

It compressed beneath

Heartwarming and satisfying

Oh! The component of my wonderful village!

The beauty of the hometown

Trees of coconut all over

The pervading smell of lavender

Made me joyous

With contentment none could find!!

My childhood knocked the doorway of my head

Watching puppet shows

Mesmerized of women in ornaments

Roaming always in the open fields

Fishing in the glittering water of rivers

All a bliss!!

I spotted my old wooden house

Classic and old fashioned

On a rocking armchair

Sat my Granny dressed in white

Her everlasting smile

And her shrivelled hands greeted me!!

I remembered my adamant fights

With my kind parents

To stay back in the city

But the sight of my hometown

Bought a ripple happiness

on my somber face

I saw a glimpse

Of the auspicious memories that had faded away!!

The present then sparked realization

Of the state of my heaven - My village

Now to be destroyed

The news made me perplexed

Unstoppable it was

To the construction of cities

All made me heartbroken

The fragments of my childhood

Calmed my broken heart

They reminded me of my innocence and freedom I had

The warmth of the villager's affection!!