Beauty

When a teenager , in the midst of an animated conversation,
catches your eye , and flashes you a grin of recognition,
that is beauty.
When the skies darken, on a sweltering sunny morning
and pelts the dry, thirsty earth , raindrops drumming
that is beauty.
When the mynahs create a racket and,you spy, on dry wood
a steel -grey, scaly, shiny, slithering snake with swaying hood
that is beauty.
When the smell of freshly brewed coffee greets you
first thing in the morning ,and the taste awakens too
that is beauty
When a long lost friend decides to call you up
and you are at a loss for words, all choked up
that is beauty