दिसंबर और धूप के कतरे...(December and Sunshine...)

December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory..." It overwhelms me as I'm sitting on the terrace, watching trees covered in dense fog, a sudden burst of realization in the middle of the night. I can't help it and I can't stop it and sometimes it hurts...but I am learning to breathe deep through it and keep walking . I am learning to make things nice for myself and for others. To comfort my own heart when I wake up. "Will my love be true as December frost, or fickle and fall like the rose in June? To find small bits of friendship in a crowd full of strangers. To find a small moment of joy in a blue sky , in a trip somewhere not so far away, a long walk on an early morning in December, or a handwritten letter to an old friend, simply saying, I thought of you, hope you are okay.

Oh December...you meant so much to me!!! Now is the time for fresh starts, Oh December.... evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon and coffee...makes you perfect.

"Your immaculate coldness, makes me feel warm, it's never over..."

Image courtesy: man in life , Location: A beautiful sleepy town, Chail at Himachal Pradesh

"सर्दियों का मौसम, था
शायद दिसम्बर का महीना,
कोहरे की धुंध में,
रोज़ दीखते थे, कुछ ठिठुरते हुए से साए..
ऐसे में एक दिन,
निकला था सूरज,
बस उसी पल; एक बोतल में,
क़ैद कर ली थी, सूरज की तपिश मैंने,
और सोचा था, चलूँ;
दे आऊँ धूप के कुछ कतरे,
ठण्ड में बैठे हुए, लोगों को...."

Translation:

"It's winter

The month of December

In the mist of fog

I use to see

Few shivering shadows, everyday

One such day

The sun came out

And right in that moment

I thought and captured

the heat of the sun

in a bottle

And, I thought

let me give

some peace and sunshine

To those

sitting in cold..."

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