In this moonlit night,

I walk in the botanical garden,

My shadow accompanying me.

I feel I have no burden.

I can easily forget anything and everything,

Being easily mesmerized by the nature.

I can forget what being poor is,

And my responsibilities as a teacher.

The greenery on the wet ground,

The sound of the river flowing,

And not to forget the feeling on my face,

When the wind starts blowing.

The moon gazing at me from the river,

The chirping of the insects and the birds,

The solace it gives to my troubled heart,

To describe it, there are no words.

I would love to spend my remaining life here,

Drowning in the nature's dazzling beauty.

And the security guard tells me to leave,

And I gotta go because I respect his duty.

I trudge towards my home sweet home,

Where I spent the days with my wife,

Until she passed away three years ago,

And taking away a part of my life.

The path I take reminds me of her, my wife and partner,

Since we walked after our day at school, every single day,

Together, holding hands and pointing at every living thing,

Admiring the surrounding without having any tax to pay.

'To find yourself, lose yourself in the beauty of the wilderness,'

One says and another tells, 'Nature heals, time reveals'.

I can feel her fingers interlaced with mine and hear her footsteps.

I can imagine her grey hair strands trying to increase her appeals.

The happy old days, to reminisce,

To nature, I always attach myself.

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