Fires rage
Flesh evaporates
In the summer haze

Winter moons dance
Silhouetting frozen people

On a summer’s day
A child plays
Birds watch

Summer melts
Yesterday’s histories

Deep in the forest
A twig protested

Spring has come
After a long winter
Birds have forgotten
Their songs

A bird sits at winter’s edge
Watching tomorrow freeze

The ground celebrates
The autumn leaves

The rains have
Wet the fireflies
I will see at light

Spring left early
The flowers
Looked confused

It’s hard to believe
You left before spring

A grey sky in autumn
He wore pink shoes

Golden footsteps
The autumn wind
Whistled a tune

A mother and child
Walked among the
Red chinar leaves
Sweetness flowed
(For Kashmir)

She touched him
Like the summer breeze
And left her
With a lifelong caress