Serenity transmits through my veins like blood
Amidst beautiful flowers of roses and lilies
Mixed in dazzling bright colours
Like the shades of a rainbow
Huh! This ambience smiles at me
Like the morning sun
Gosh!
Tiny droplets drip a pool of cold sensation on my quiet skin
With the East-wind humming its motion into my nerves
Yet, splits of mountain dew rains on me
Like a sensational mild kiss
From my creator
Hmm! This feels like heaven on earth
I see twinkling little birds
Twinkle-off my twinkle little eyes
Whistling sonorous tunes
Borne out of a genuine heart
Yet, dancing to the rhythm of chromatic tones
Birthed in the wind
And like a gentle touch from the wind,
This atmosphere melts my skin
With a romantic feel from within
Transcribing its impulses
Into goose bumps in me like a pin
Hmm!
I feel like the queen of an orchard
Sited beside the pool of Lake Chad
Somewhere,
near the lake Chad an
exquisite Giraffe has a walk ...
Nikolai Gumilev (the great Russian poet)
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A Giraffe
One day a tipsy Giraffe visited me.
He craned his neck at my chandelier,
He left dirty traces on my floor.
He said: "I' ve brought the wine "Risling",
Drink it with me.
I felt so lonely today under this cold rain,
He was not as exquisite, as a count,
And he was not from the lake Chad,
He was just my friend, the lonely Giraffe ,
And I was very glad to see him!
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