On Arrival
(At Wellington Gymkhana Club, Coonoor)

The quietness of the hour,
deserved respect.
The seclusion was so complete,
I realized the loneliness:
within me.

Everywhere,
in sun and in shaded place,
many-flowered layouts,
pitilessly displayed:
the fatal rank of their impermanence!

The seclusion was so complete,
I felt the loneliness-
devouring me

28th April 2011

Geeta Chhabra