RAINY DAY

RAINY DAY

                                7 June 2003

 written (while getting wet in the rain) during a splendid rainfall during the hot summer Bangladesh afternoon.

Let The Rains

        Wash Away My Pains

Can I Learn About Love

                  From The Books

        And Not From Your Looks?

I Want To Feel The Cold

                                Of Rain-Waters

And I Don’t Want To Be Told

        Or To Be Taught

                    By Any Elders

I Want To Get Wet

        And Feel Nature

I Don’t Want To Be Upset

        Or Endure

                    Life’s Torture

Let The Rains

        Wash Away My Pains . . .

Like It

Washes The Dirt

And Leaves The Fields And Trees Greener

Like It

        Melts The Clouds

        And Leaves The Skies Brighter

Like It

Cleans The Dust

And Leaves The Tin-Roofs Brighter

Like It

        Washes The Park-Benches

        And Makes Them Feel More Natural

Can It?

        Wash Away My Pains . . .

(The World Seems Brighter)

My Heart Seems Lighter

My Mind Feels Clearer

                   Have The Rains

Washed Away My Pains?