The Girl With A Pearl Earring.

The heart skipped its routined throbs,

The larks in the balcony began to sing;

The sky seemed brighter in the night than the day,

When I saw a girl with the pearl earring.

Her lips limned on her Hera face,

Renewing her charm on the eve of every spring;

Washing away the ware of her mortal allures,

Such was the girl with the pearl earring.

Exotic her angel eyes caressing the pulse,

Cherishing with her fragrance a minxed fling;

Watery kohled like a monsoonal brume,

Gazed at me the girl with the pearl earring.

Nightskied as a spotless black,

The halo through her veiled hair dazzling;

Boundless are the dreams to hold onto once,

The very same girl, with the pearl earring.

By- Kartikeya Pradhan
Undergraduate Student, 4th year

IIT Kharagpur