Diwali 1

DIWALI After the heat and then the rains As a cool quietude starts to reign Bringing into fraught lives more glee Comes the day of lights, Diwali Time, on fireworks and feasts, to splurge Love, joy and hope finding a surge Nights turn light’s veritable sea During the time of Diwali. The oil bath ritual helps restore Nerves sore, bringing love and peace more ‘Good quells evil’ is what we see As the message of Diwali Even those who’ve got to borrow And the ones caught in mild sorrow Whatever their private woes be Joy to them too, come Diwali. For the famished and the homeless The day remains just as hopeless Their bellies get a fill rarely For them it's empty Diwali. Written :02/Dec/12 Diwali is India's Festival of lights. Form : Kyrielle (Quatrains with 8 or 10 syllbls, Rhyme Sch:aabB, ccbB, ddbB, eebB.) Second place in Cyndi Macmillan's Season of lights contest( Dec 2012, judged on 7 jan 13)