Estranged Lovers

I

A white cloud, glided glibly from forest

in search of the true lover for his un-resting

life of a wanderer always lost in thought,

of the one whom he never had a sighting.

He came to a village nearby to inquire

about a beautiful damsel that can fly,

near taking a break or need of aspire,

sway with the wind and live on the sky.

His eyes at last met a great beauty

 silken orb of lush green strewn

around her frail and rigid body

O! the countenance haughty and stern.

II

"O lady of the nether region,

I shall take you to wonders unheard of 

and places far from this crowd clarion,

give me a nod, I take you right-off"

"O wanderer of the unbound sky!

march on further from my presence,

for I will never forsake my roots dry

that feeds me with love and care."

"Don't you love me o scented one!,

I can narrate you strange adventures 

of vicious forests and cities morbid, my love

accept my offer and be my mistress."

"O aerial being of pure love!

know that I love thee from my heart,

yet I cant come with you as a dove

for I am bound to that which gave me birth."

III

The cloud waited for a few more days,

cajoling and pleading his eye's apple

until a night he heard the gallant winds 

 whisper to unburden his saddle.

"Adios my dear! take with thee,

my heart's scent to cities you pass,

send your kisses thro' the unwary winds

and I shall wait here for thy presence"

Tree cried for a long time,

in vain for her lost lover,

dreaming of his clear face

and earnest feelings to her.

IV

Time went by un-bothered on its way

taking some and bringing few to this play,

along came the mean autumn with pride

abducting the beauty of the beings tired.

The cloud meanwhile strolled the world,

but none caught his wavering attention,

like the small dusty patch round

where his lover stood in divine perfection.

'All I have seen in the vast globe,

pyramids, oceans and forests colossal

no joy I got without her face serene,

O Love! I come thee to stop final.'

Autumn took away all the drapes

with the lives of defenseless damsels,

mocking at their pleads to spare

"I care for none and your lives are mine."

V

Cloud came back to the village

bereft of his lover's green presence.

He turned black in agony for the dead

and cried helplessly for lover once draped.

"You have left me alone in this morbid

place where true love has no place,

 breathe I no more, this wicked wind

a witness to your death and life."

Cloud wailed unreserved for damsel,

he nearly got once and left forever.

rain poured in that village nocturnal

and the patch became a pond clear.

VI

Spring came to spread life around,

found a lotus bloomed in the center pond.

"O king of life and death! thou art mysterious,

thou hast scattered life in unexpected places"

"Hark O Spring! here in pond lay

two estranged lovers of purest feeling,

one from earth and another from sky

and yet  found the true meaning of loving."

"O lord almighty! I beseech thy to share,

the story of that you so love and care."

"Well, well", God stroked his beard,

"Once upon a time a white cloud."