Summer bloom - 8

Hydrangea.

Little flowers clustered in a ball of colours, bringing the Summer alive with their pastel palette.

Photography Credits Go To Meenakshi Bakhshi.

Ornamental oranges

Mistaken identity,
🍊 Oranges, not lemons!

Winged Visitors

Red-billed blue Magpie.


What joy the couple gave!
When they came visiting.
In the times of social distancing,
accepting the offering of strawberries.

Photography Credits Go To Meenakshi Bakhshi.

Summer Bloom 7

🥝 Kiwi Flowers

Photography Credits Go To Meenakshi Bakhshi.

Learning

Learning to listen, without any words being said,
and watching the world, without being there.

Learning to feel plethora of emotions, without being touched,
and reaching out to others, without being physically present.

Learning to spend dateless, day less weeks and months,
and holding on to the memories being made at all hours.

Learning to prioritize simplicity over complexity,
and being deadly calm in the midst of a storm.

Learning to love and fall in love, all over again,
With the ones I always loved.

Learning to respect and admire nature and its beauty,
and pledging to take care of it in the future.

Caught in a loop, in the never ending cycle of learning.
Learning one step at a time to restore sanity.

Will learn well,
and this too shall pass.
 

Leaf

Waiting...

Waiting eagerly for the calm to return.
For it to engulf us in its security.
In a tight embrace, dispersing any doubts
or sickness.

Waiting for the Earth to finish healing itself.
And give us another chance.
For the darkness to be lifted from our lives
Letting in sunlight.

Waiting to breathe again without the masks.
Travel again without fear.
Hug a loved one, shake hands with a firm grip.
Waiting patiently for life to return, as we knew it.

           
                Photo Credits Go To Meenakshi Bakhshi