Sangeetha Kamath

They're all here today with morose looks and dear Betty holding my hand and sobbing uncontrollably. Veronica, stunned and speechless. Feeling overwhelmed, I beckon them closer.  "Jughead, my pal! I hope they have pizza with anchovy topping, for I'll always raise a toast to you from up there. You've brought Ruff along! I wouldn't be able to depart without seeing him for the last time. He completed us. Archie and Friends was held together through thick and thin by my favorite mutt, the one who could say his own name." Ruff whines painfully at this and licks my palms as tears stream down Jughead's cheeks. "Reggie, I always wanted to be the main character in a play and here I am on the school stage today, making a speech of a lifetime. I owe you, man, for pulling strings for shifting me from the ICU." Reggie's face is drawn and streaked with dried tears. "Mr. Weatherbee, I've finally made you proud of me. I don't regret my actions on...

  Nestled in mellow sun bathed valleys fringed by towering snow capped peaks Trickles a diamond crusted stream of ambrosial water Weaving hesitantly through paths jagged, Softly she hums her cheerful choral, gliding down craggy slopes rugged The dawn gives her a pearl and shell pink sheen She bubbles merrily, rippling like a jewelled necklace amid a splatter of wands emerald green Bouncing downhill over soft mahogany banks and smooth tourmaline pebbles Through lush grassy pastures and meadows she wanders  Warbling in tandem to the chirpy bird songs and woodland critters scampering  She gushes out into the open from shaded groves and glens enchanting High noon blazes her silver as she soaks in the sunshine crystalline  A new gown is given to her as she dazzles in the speckled diamantine Racing ahead in all her cerulean finery She swells with pride as she drinks in the gloaming sky Swirling and swaying, gaining speed with her currents She marches forth bravely as dow...

  She sits like a regal queen with her face of mellow gold Her throne floating on a sapphire sea encrusted with diamonds new and old She shies and shrinks into a crescent, a blade of glinting scimitar  When she throws back her gauzy veil, umber shores glow rutilant in cinnabar Tree tops of Juniper and Rowan, Beech and Pine Over steeples and towers, the countryside is a silver shine Riding on fleecy clouds she dances among the stars The orchards are bathed in pearly light, dangling fruits of citrine spectacular Coves and glens shrouded in a mystical haze When the harvest moon drips her dew on silken cobwebs Like a thousand scintillating lamps the water lilies glow In a myriad of hues violet, mauve and yellow Summer seas and amaranthine lavender fields,  Chilled autumn nights and frosty winter freeze Hedges of emerald, garnets of wild roses,  Spring garden of bluebells and foxgloves sparkle in beryls and turquoises Melancholic moon, I embrace your power sovereign ...