VILLAGE BOYS..
At the doorway of the village
Dawn beams, spring blooms
Rocking band of birds in foliages
The village boys wake up wake up
Wipes the gloominess on face..
From the huts cooking odor rolls up
Milking horned cattle’s in the shed.
Oxcarts laden with vegetables
moving in streets
Bicycle bells in
ringing at all times.
The little roving gangs are ready…
Let us do the cattle’s graze in
fields
Climb on the trunks of mango tree
Descend like squirrels and waving hands
Move with the swarms in wilderness
Tasted sweet honey and few stings of pain
Ha ha laughs like crazy boys…
While going to the school
walking through the
fields
First reaches in the ground
Collected stumps from bushes
So soon group the games
ends with the livid fights
Colored buttons scattered down
The Dude who is close
to school
“throw them a bone “
of the size
And move us in the class quick
Like a Mr Cool in
childlike attribute
Wipes the gloominess
on face ..
When teacher ask the question
Answer is “total mute”. wins the hearts
They are the village boys
Writing on the walls
Carving names on the desk
Hiding tools in the box
Keeping always smile of friendship
Keen to school days
They are village boys
In Elders manner they make up
In lunkis and turbans
Gather at the coconut farms
Toddy and the beedis on their Lips
The cheerful party
begins
While the cattle’s hay that catches fire
Screaming for the help
the lovesome boys became petty tyrants
Some elders gave beats with cane stick
Ayooo ayoo ayayoo…
taking bamboo poles strings and hooks
with little baits Catching lot of fish
beaded on strong
midrib coco leaves
then jumping into the
pond like a spiderman
enjoying in the eves…
villagers come in
search for us
As dusk fell the lantern flared up into streets.
The witch and wizards stories haunting
As dusk fell Granny always warn with that
Gleaming full moon and syntillating stars in the sky
Flared up fire flies as buds in the bushes
the village stories and scary beliefs
Mesmerizes comes and
goes
But they are brave and brash
Boys in the day and night ,
Endures pure air, water and land
Pure love of hearts in home
Lifetime happiness for village boys.
