Jacaranda

Come celebrate life with me

Photo: Mitchell Luo (left) and Junel Mujar (right) at Unsplash

On a dull Monday morn
As I stare vacantly forlorn
A sight shocks me out of stupor
The Jacaranda blooming in splendor..

Tresses of vibrant purple
Forming a magnificent spectacle
Ever so gently swaying
Celebrating life, mocking..

The scene subtle yet so sharp
Whirls me into a time warp
Long lost memories cascade
In kaleidoscopic palisade..

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The warmth laden spring air
Of languorous days without care
Times filled with zest and hope
When the spirit could bounce and cope..

Reminisces cloaked in hues of green
Of new born foliage sparkling clean
A meadow dotted with the magenta head
Of a mimosa sprig sprung from the dead..

Of Gulmohurs flaunting their blazing red
With carpets beneath waiting to be tread
Soporific summer afternoons
Dreaming under silvery moons..

Flying kites, scraped knees
Fleeing from angry bees
The first delicious rainy spell
Grandma’s wafers’ heavenly smell..

Of monsoon ponds with croaking frogs
And balancing on slimy logs
Over brooks rushing
And streams gushing..

Jacaranda! — fill me with passion and desire
Oh Jacaranda!- make me alive forever!

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