Season of happiness and businesses

Season of happiness and businesses

By Atok Dan Baguoot

As the first rains soften the black soil of South Sudan,

Birds and bats fly about with insects

littering skies with their wings

Fallen wings from white ants form also cataracts in our eyes

All form a cloud of the beauty of our nature

Buzzes of prey chasing predator forms pollution of the season

Swarms of flies become a tourism park for passersby,

Likewise, a flock of birds blankets the mild afternoon sun in our skies

Reptiles, birds, and frogs wrestle for glades in the forest

As birds and bats traverse the rainy greyish skies,

other flying insects wince to approach their holes for a hideout

With rains, goats run with upward pointed tails

wiggling sideways in a stormy air current

Chickens and doves flicker in the violent thunder of the rains

Rains restore hope for the next harvest

Farmer's dash for their seed to plant

Souls fly like birds that use airspace without fees

Evening comes for bats to flock without obeying space traffic norms

 Moles and rats race with thick clouds for food

Our eyes spray clear afternoon skies following a flock of birds at a distance

Some go in “V” and “U” shapes

They make living artistic styles over the skies

Our eyes fly about with birds

Later snow in the warm form hailstones

Birds and other wingless creatures are frozen in the cool of the year

It is the rainy season in South Sudan that life blossoms with flowers

It is the season of happiness and businesses

Farmers clear their fields, herders erect their byres

Other nocturnal animals prepare their dents for the long rainy season

Clear insects compile their harvest