the heron waits 
till the sun hides behind 
the return journey
leaves me alone under 
the moonless sky 

*** *** *** ***
the grown-up tree
aspiring to bear fruits
in mid-way life
she wonders in her afternoon
diminishing of the brightness

*** *** *** ***
under sacred tree
the old woman laments
the new born
to continue frequenting 
another chapter of begging

*** *** *** ***
early dawn
with tender sunrays
I wish
light to reach the huts
of the slum-dwellers

Inner Art Journal, October 2013 (Eds. Leslie, Esra and Nelima)

http://innerartjournal.com/inner-art-10-15-13/pravat-padhy/