Amaltas Poem : “The Ornament of Summer”

The sun  showers
its radiance in abundance 
on the petals of Amaltas flowers.

Its golden inflorescences 
hang like ornaments of
a lovely maiden who has
just stepped into her youthful 
exuberance shedding off her 
childhood ignorance-

fresh and delicate like spring itself,
it dares to bloom despite
the mercurial indifference of
the scorching summer
with love, grace and tolerance. 


(Note: The Indian Amaltas tree is known as The Golden Shower Tree or Indian Laburnum in English. Its scientific name is Cassia Fistula.)

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