The paper boat sailing on the first monsoon rain.
The droplets, the wave by cars cannot sink it.
The water around it is dark with a stream of red.
The rain has started a few hours ago, after a cloudy morning
I was writing a poem, rather was trying to, when the storm rage.
The paper boat sailing on the first monsoon rain.
The poem of mine was a melancholic one reminiscing the childhood;
The words were dark, the paper was white, the color of the ink was red like–
The water around it is dark with a stream of red.
The raging storm topsy-turvy my room, banging the windows;
The pages of my diary got flipped landing on a scribbled one.
The paper boat sailing on the first monsoon rain.
It was a poem written by her in the red ink I was using.
I tore the page; read it and was going to hand-shred it but cannot.
The water around it is dark with a stream of red.
I look outside; my neighbor little boy sailing paper boat, his mother helping him.
I went down to the street forming a boat while ascending down the steps. Now–
The paper boat sailing on the first monsoon rain.
The water around it is dark with a stream of red.
–xx–
The poem is written in form of Villanelle.
Daily Prompt: Paper
dVerse Poets Pub (06/23/2017)
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