Sonal Singh On Sonal's Table

And then one day the sun bled, hot tears like lava And the sunshine cried for her father, her mentor Tormented, they both looked upon beloved Earth She was dying, slowly, painfully.   Recoiling as if stung, he balked at her desecration He bemoaned her barren lands, her trickling rivers …

I emerge from the shadows of the past that have railed against my fates I shrug off old memories, I cast aside doubt, walk out of depressed gates. I peer, I look ahead to the future; confidently it meets my tentative smile It extends a kind hand, emboldens my resolve …

Perched delicately atop a sun kissed petal In a garden blooming to serenade spring She sits daintily sipping on the sweet nectar.   Wings a cornucopia of colors that herald Jubilance, portend hope and endurance, In her bucolic charms she vies with the florets.   Shielding the blooms from the …