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
