SYMPHONY <br /> the more I stare at your gaze <br /> I fall in love with you Kerala <br /> the depth in your eyes <br /> the long black lashes mesmerize me <br /> invite me for a plunge into your seas <br /> roads parting your hairs with deep rich greens <br /> symbolizes that of my lover <br /> have no signs of vermillon <br /> confirming your virginity <br /> <br /> a boat ride around the lakes <br /> covering Kottam to Alleppey <br /> shows the abundance and hospitality of your people <br /> the variety of greeneries of coconut leaves <br /> banana plantations and rice fields <br /> compete with variety of sands on your beaches <br /> covered with fishing boats and nets <br /> which catches the rising or setting suns <br /> adds to your greatness <br /> <br /> the co-existence of churches mosques <br /> and temples in abundance <br /> shows the harmony in which they live <br /> and when in the evening and at dawn <br /> the church bells and azans freely mingle <br /> with blowing of conchs to make a symphony <br /> I know why it is called <br /> “God’s own country” <br /> <br /> this serenity the tranquility the peace <br /> the harmony and the togetherness <br /> is abode of God <br /> I am in love with God <br /> I am in love with you Kerala <br /> can I be far behind for long <br /> I am destined to come back to you again – <br /> Rajkumar - Thiruvananthapuram<br /><br />Rajkumar Mukherjee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/symphony-11/
