Today I walked on Autumn Leaves

Today,

the morning was different from night

there was light

as the Sun became the Sun

and the dove’s flight

had wings of courage!

Today,

the morning was different from night

as the kettle whistled a happy tune

and the song of the bird

on the neighbour’s window

was far from cacophony

yes, there was light

inside and outside.

Today,

the breeze

wanted an identity

bigger than the wind

a name more memorable

a life more forceful

a turn…more eventful

and was thus,

softer, lighter, gentler!

Today,

there was music

in horns and the hawker’s call

there was endearment

in the baby’s cries

heard through the fall

of the pestle on the mortar

No clamour

in rushing, shuffling feet

I heard stillness

in the chase of thoughts..

..as I stood

under Kailashpati,

clad in the motley foliage

of that flowering tree

I saw myself

in love..

in pity..

in spirituality/madness,

..or senility!

Whatever it was…

..it was surreal

In being just real!

The past left me

like the last breath of an aching life,

makes a sighing exit.

The leaves gathered around me,

falling, gliding and then resting

in that very moment

that I let go

of the future

from my eyes.

That moment

the Sun, the Breeze, the Flight

touched me

and I touched in quiescence

my moment ground

with crunching lightness

as I walked

on autumn leaves

Today,

I found my moment ground

as I walked on autumn leaves!