Horizon

"The rain has held back
for days and days, my God
In my arid heart
The horizon is fiercely naked-
not the thinnest cover of a soft cloud,
not the vaguest hint of a distant cool shower!!

Send your angry storm, dark with death,
if it is your wish
and with lashes of lightning
startle the sky from end to end.

But call back, my lord,
call back this pervading silence
still keen and cruel,
burning the heart with dire despair"

Location: Osmana Sagar reservoir - Hyderabad
Words: 'Gitanjali' - Tagore