The festivity combined with fun and frolic
With Holi Festival the sober turn bhang-olic
Sporting a riot of colors so wild and vivid
Leaving no scope to be shy and timid
Pools of water and the fancy spray guns
Jovial become the elderly and the children
Holi reminds of the mythical tales of yore
And not forgetting the Hindu time score
Holika the sister with his son placed on the pyre
Hiryanakashyap set alight Prahalad on fire
Such was victory of spirituality, truth and just
Emerged they did unscathed and unhurt
Holi speaks of the legend of Lord Krishna
And his playful mate Radha the Gopika
The celebration of their Love so Divine
Commemorated on this day of Phalgun
The spring Festival it is called as well
When flowers and harvest merge and swell.
Sikiladi
Published in The Coffee Table Book : ” DIWALI and Beyond” 2017 by The Asian Weekly:
