The First Rains of Monsoon

When the first rains of monsoons

Stir up the sand this year

I will smile, and remember you.

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Do you smile now

When you see the plantain and jack fruit

You planted, shining under the blue grey sky?

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You were a man of love.

I almost forgot how rare

Kindness is in this world,

How easily boys can break hearts,

When you smiled.

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The land is dry now

A month later, the rains will arrive,

And I will be home.

A home without you.