After the Rain

Nishi Pulugurtha

 

The pale yellowish white ball of fire

It’s colour all dimmed

As it struggled for the past few days

Smiled a dull smile for a brief moment

 

From the gap between the two hillocks

One jutting out in the bay

The other mid the swirling waters

Green and brown

 

as it slowly sank into the waters

as it slowly dipped behind the hillocks

as it bid adieu it lent some colour

to the gray sky that spread out

 

a hint of an orange, a tinge of a red

that lingered for a while

and things went on as they would

on a day in May.