It's raining...

It’s raining, it’s raining

Cats, dogs and horses

In ferocity it’s gaining

Farmers are counting losses

Slum-dwellers are losing houses

Pot-holes are widening and deepening

The monsoon ‘magic’ is just beginning!

For some it’s a boon, for others it’s a curse!

School students can play truant

Office-goers in a traffic-jam can only grunt

Why do we have to always bear the brunt?

Meanwhile just keep wading

Realize how important it is to know swimming

To keep from drowning in the murky waters!

And pray that the ‘monsoon magic’

Turns you into a bird or a fish.

Every-time it pours, make this fervent wish!

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The copyright of this poem is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan.