The summer rains

Low pressure bay turning into

Cyclone strong enough to

Speed away the dark clouds inland

Arriving at the apt locale to make the

Land fall, there come the summer rains!

A welcome relief to the scorching summer

Rains quenching the hot soil, cooling down the

Temperature to the pleasant degree, a pleasant surprise

Without this mercury could have soared higher

Suffocating still more those suffocating already

Some places are always lucky

Being in the nick of time and spot

To make the clouds please and disgorge

Some other places are not that lucky

Sorry for them, wishing them relief as well

Summer is the time to travel on vacation

It’s travel time for the clouds too to inlands

To bless the place and people with showers

Place and people thankful to the clouds

Blessing them to return next summer, all summers

Summer rains are the gift of the skies

Opening out to the heat distressed souls

Down below, lovable, cherishable

Let there be summer, yet let there be

Summer rains too, to make it cool, cool!

-Mohan Sanjeevan