"And when it rains as thus in the Spring, the bountiful boughs, in gratitude, shower their flowers and the moistening earth, in joy, exudes petrichor!"
The Campus looks enlivened again today! It is the season of Spring and the flowering trees have been holding beautiful inflorescence, like an adornment embellishing their curvy branches and bark. Until yesterday, the flowers reigned bright and ebullient, bathed by the ample sunlight and constantly pecked by the overjoyed songbirds of the Spring. The abundance of the flower laden trees and the joyous Spring-time displays mellowed the harshness of the heat. The floral aroma of different kinds mixed in the sultry hot air of March and April and made a campus walk enjoyable even on a hot afternoon.
The one thing missing was the coolness of the campus air. And the Spring-time rains came down and brought with them all that coolness and a lot more
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Spring-time rains, in the campus lanes
Tap a little tune, on my window panes
They gather some grey, on a dusky day
And cast a cuddly cheer, on my curling way
The flowers on show, on the big burly bough
Fall and float with glee, down as they go
Sieving through the leaves, the frivolous weaves
A spell of jaunty love, of the smitten and the thieves
This flirty stealing breeze, swirls with lovely ease
To kiss and pluck the flowers, and sway them in its seize
Such flowers of Spring, sheathe with zesty zing
The soil with hues and nectar, as the passerines sing
The gushing gust, girdles with lust
The girth of the trunk, that catches it first
Feathery floating pods, with wings or curly cords
Swing in tizzy turns, when the wind so wily prods
Drops skim the cheeks, when the canopy leafy leaks
Swinging with the singing gale, the eager branch now creaks
Twigs tiny tumble, bigger branches bumble,
Dancing on the roof, slump down and they crumble
Misty air settles, Midst the freshly bathed petals
Joy flows in crazy musings, and steaming hot kettles
Spring-time rainy days, of fragrance and lovely haze
Of songs and silly laughter, and walks on campus ways
Vindy
12 April 2015
