Unveiled Serenity

a poem by Ajai Narendran

You hid yourself in the crowd;
But once and many a time since then
I saw your loveliness displayed
amidst the crowd that moved unconcerned;
among the leaves that no wind stirred…
you moved with swift unconscious grace.
And with each step…
on your intense radiant face grave, patient, wistful
lit by a sudden inner gleam
I found the fulfilment of a dream!