My Famous Five

Take 1

Toffees with brother she would always from her heart share

But the little devil  gobbled even her’s which she could not bear

Cried, fought, she ran out of the house and did that small dare

Only to be back in two hours,it was a mad world out there  

Take 2

Cashew nuts and mangoes ripe in the summer heat

With Grandma and the cousins she was out on a fleet

Up she climbed the trees, a beehive was eager to greet

Down on the ground laid her body, a stung piece of meat

Take 3

Time and people slip away from life like a fistful of sand

Left are a few of those little white shells in the hand

Out were on the best trip thirteen gypsies of the band

Wishing for one mad moment again in the Blissful Island.

Take 4

Away from the waters she did stay with strive

Of the blue waves was a little fear left to thrive

Ten years later from a raft she happened to dive

Life has been good ever since she came out alive

Take 5

Jacks and Jills were up on an elephant hill, a mad little trek team

Shoulders for the boulders, hands for the cacti they did lend and gleam

On the way to quench their thirst there was no old well or flowing stream

Top they did reach, sleeping in the clouds in madness they did scream

Final Take!

The best may not be always these few

Every second brings in her a madness new

Moments made are in the heart to sew

Life is indeed beautiful...phew!

-Raksha