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The rain beats down;
Faster than the speed
At which the wiper works.
Images blur,
It is twilight and the streetlights
Form a halo
around the raindrops.
Buffeted by strong winds,
Umbrellas bend.
The rain today,
is wild and unfettered.
Prancing, swiftly racing,
Endeavouring to touch,
Drench everyone
To the core of their heart!

People in a hurry,rush.
There is but one,a stray,
Who stands;
With his nose held high
And ears cocked up,
As if in defiance.
Drenched to the roots of his hair
But the stray’s spirit
Yet to be dampened by the rain.
He stands on the pavement,
Giving company to his beggar master.
He watches,
as humans,
attempting to avoid
the lashing
And the splashing,
head home fast.
 
Suddenly he moves closer to his master
And looks at him,
With soulful eyes;
As if to query-
"Where is our home tonight?"
A stray and his beggar master

Copyright @ Goutam Dutta

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt “Home Sweet Home” September 7, 2020

18 thoughts on “Home”

  1. I love your works thank you for sharing this the imagery is breath taking

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    1. Thanks so very much. This pair lives on the pavement near our house. Found them one day, badly drenched in a shower. Had written this poem then; a sense of sympathy for the duo working its way inside my heart. 🙏 😊

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  9. Very true. I have this dream too that someday I could build a house/hospital big enough to house many strays. Not sure if I would ever have that kind of financial means but nevertheless it is a good dream to have. Who knows how the future will unfold. 😊

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