September 2022
Bio Note: This month I complete fifty years of knowing my husband. Life has unfolded in ways nothing of which we knew or thought then. We have three sons, three daughters-in-law and four granddaughters from the elder twins, making us a family of twelve. The theme for September "A Time to Reap" felt timely to write a little something on.
By the Sea
Anchored in shades of grey
Horizon lies at rest-
Thoughts fragment, roll and wrap
Like the waves gently escaping clamor.
A hesitant sun glints the crests,
Wind bouncing off alluring water
Splitting silvery surfaces
Lengthening perspective of things.
The smell of fish a comfort to men
Unraveling cast nets
By boats moored under trees,
Upright and dark in colors of mist.
Dissecting silhouettes of crows rushing
After avenging the dead.
A warm voice of sea,
The touch of sand, wet and unhurried-
It is time to reap
All that the horizon has set free.
©2022 Abha Das Sarma
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