blind rains..

Sugarcane juice
Best,
when Sun is up
Not
when it hides
behind the clouds

Sugar cane juice
he sells.
But his life,
never that sweet

It rains,
drenching him
making him run
and hide in a shade!

I see him
through my windshield.
Sitting in my car,
I can see him cry..

Are they tears?
Or are they rain drops
blindly falling on him,
like me,
seeing, but still blind!!

--
Jagadeesh
20/1o/2oo7