Friendship
1.
His feet are tired from walking the hilly terrain:
contours that disallow clear view of the road ahead.
The crow caws above and encourages the traveller –
shows him a linear path in otherwise serpentine twist.
Since then the crow and the traveller walk in tandem,
wings in hand, in their journey to unknown land.
2.
A tree, fresh after a favourable season,
looks in nearby lake to inspect her make up,
and finds a maiden looking into a mirror
engrossed in her youthful reflection.
The mirror and lake have evolved a friendship
that allows interchange of reflected images.
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