Embers
Lilac fields and midsummer air
Crystal pools and mountains bare
Clear blue sky and wind in my hair
I would give anything to be there
Tattooed skin with hometown lores
Telling stories from the folksong stores
Gathered around a bonfire, it soars
The heat settles on my skin, a souvenir of smoke
The embers high in the sky at night
Constellations and mythical highs
The darkness fades as the fireflies
Brings about a day in the peak of night
Burnt out wood and rustling leaves
Don't venture out between the trees
Drift easy into a dreamless sleep
Awake enough to feel the misty freeze
Dark blue skies and the air is cold
Dawn breaks through the clouds of hope
Willow warblers in ingenious encores
I could relive this forevermore.
-Neha Bhende
Very nice kanna. I love the lilac fields
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