Undulating green expanse
Bright with freshly bloomed leaves
Of tiny grass and seasonal herbs
Interspersed with trails
Tiny pools and slushes
In mocha shades
A broken border of shrubs
Of deeper green
Thick with leaves new and old
Tried in vain
To stop the dominance of grassy plains
Here and there bunches of bamboo
With slender green stems
Strived to belong
In the thick foliage
Streams snaked their way
Through grass
Cascading down exposed rocks
In a sublime symphony
Of rapturous joy
Uplifting and hypnotic at the same time
Few lonely trees stood out
Their thorny trunks and branches
Bereft of leaves
A sage amidst abundance
Of water and green
Overhead a bright
Yet a soothing blue sky
Stood snobbishly far
From everything below it had enveloped
Layers of clouds floated
Higher ones lazily
Lower ones hurried across
Swallowing hills tops in their path
A lonely mountain stood tall
Head covered in clouds
Wearing thin robes of a fleeting fog
A wide stream snaked around it
Towards a sheer cliff
Half a mile deep
To rise again in strong winds
A spray that falls back
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
What vivid imagery Shashi. Beautiful writing
Actually I have described an actual scenery I had been to, few days back. It’s a magical place. Of which I could capture maybe 1-2% in words.
I understood that from the way you described it. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, we really can’t capture everything we see in our writing, but we can capture its essence.
Yes. And I hope I was able to do that and convey it clearly.
Very much so.
Loved it
Thanks a lot Iswar
Awesome 👍
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