An evening with Ganges

How beautiful  are

the banks of Ganges.

Usually I sit in evening

on the bank of holy Ganges

dipping my feet in

its clean and deep water

many beautiful thoughts and feelings

come in my mind and heart

with every waves of  the holy water.

I watch the sun again

and  yet again

sun changes into a red shining ball

it takes a dive in

the deep golden water of Ganges

promising to see me

the next morning.

I watch the fisherman’s

clothless kids diving

from heights in the Ganges water

without any fear

as they have faith in the mother Ganga

that she will always nurse them

in her lap.

Children start swimming

like a group of golden fish

some water birds also

follow the kids

tries to

defeat the boats

which are competing with them.

I start comparing their lieves

With golden fishes

And suddenly a train

Starts whistling on the bridge

Telling me

Our life’s journey Is colorful

like the golden gleaming sun,

The blue water,fishes and these children,

We are supposed to

move on and on,

Just like a train.

How beautiful

are the banks of ganges.

000

Hemant kumar