To day I am thinking about the time I spent in my childhood amid the surroundings Of a deep green forest & a beautiful Lake The Lake so heavenly beautiful calm & quite That I use to sit for hours watching the dancing Fishes, waterplants & the setting Sun A thin Lake still there without clear water My Allen forest which had fearing Darkness in some parts Is no longer the same as it use to be Fifty years back When it use to fill me with the Blessings of Solitude Nov09