Here in this village of verdant shade
I’m only fifteen, with knees pulled to my chin,
Watching this polaroid, hoping it won’t fade.
Smiles everywhere. Rose Garden Road is made
For teenagers in love who have all been
Happy in this village of verdant shade.
Senior-citizen benches have been laid
For folks to sit while their little grandchildren
Run around beneath the verdant shade.
Tasting this atmosphere of lemonade,
I lean back into the candor of a grin
Imprinted on this polaroid; I fade
Into hazy youth, not tired or afraid,
Into days of supple limbs and gentle skin
That polaroid of long ago won’t fade.
Simple loves and sunny pleasures made
Just for me. I see this village in
My dreams of waking in that verdant shade
A polaroid that cannot ever fade.
Charu Kulkarni
10th January, 2010
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so what's verdant? And is there a real Rose Garden Road?
ReplyDeleteYaa! Rose Garden Road is in Bangalore, where the Metro is being built... remember I said if there is a space there where you can see the sky its preposterous and Madhuri agreed with me and you didn't?? When we were coming back from Kamat Buglerock..
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, I remember. I was all for the Metro and still am. =P
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