Shillong

Ko Shillong! I want to write about you, But even if I spill my ink into a thousand adjectives, I would still be understating your beauty.

Ko Shillong! You are strong as you threw hailstones At our windows, yesterday, Then showered the sky on our heads –As if to let us know of your strength. We know you Shillong. We honour your might!

Ko Shillong! I want to sing of you And cry a ballad at the feet of your hills, But I still wouldn’t match the harmony That resonates from your trees Whilst you blow your winds across their leaves.

Ko Shillong! How ravishingly made are you, With all your splendour pervading your grass. How perpetually beautiful are you, For all who sleeps on your soil Falls in love with the texture of your skin.

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