Waves softly breaking on the Sea Shore,
Feeling the cool sand between my toes
Sitting in the full moon’s orange glow
Silently I wondered on life once more
Another year has briskly gone by
Like quick sand in a dessert night
Pulling me into the depths of time
My head barely out of the earth’s line
Ever since a little girl I was
Excited when my birthday came along
Knowing the next year would be
Closer to the finish of life’s marathon
Now with the completion of a lap
When my birthday comes back
The fatigue I invariably shirk away
Like a girl again to enjoy the day
Lost in thought while I was
The glowing moon just disappeared
Looking up when I could not see
Dejection came creeping into me
Closing my eyes I made a wish
Opening them the wish fulfilled
The moon was in its glorious glow
Peeking at me with the clouds below
Hide n Seek playing with me
Skirting in and out of the clouds merrily
Like happiness has always been
Playing Blind Mans Buff with me
I closed my eyes again, wondering
Would the moon be there once again?
If I opened my eyes to see – It was,
Its magnificent glow on the shimmering sea
After a hiatus when the moon peeks
It illuminates the world beautifully
Happiness after a break when it comes
Likewise – fills my life magnanimously
Shuvashree Chowdhury 