Happy Diwali

Chirp little thrush
as morning dewdrops crush
upon the springing grass,
beneath the lightening sky,
across the rolling hills,
beyond the mortal craze.

Search within your soul
the kindness someone stole
away from linear towns
into your song profound :
inspiring to dream
and live it with a smile.

A smile to cheer the sad;
warm voice to melt the trapped
prisons of old thought;
to usher fresh emotions
of adventure and life :
a season unsurmised.

Birds whistle as I scale
the meandering trail.
A euphonic choir
reflects out of me
like an arch of rainbow waving
greetings of Diwali.

• Raman Butta