Grandpa laburnum

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Standing giant and alone-

Was the 'kanikonna'- the golden laburnum…

All around was just the over crowded shrubs.

Behind stood the elegant home-

All worn out, expressing a golden past;

Quiet, in the midst of the echoes of the birds…

The giant laburnum, stood as if still in the lost past,

As if he was regurgitating the wonderful moments in past,

When it bloomed and kids raced for the golden blooms;

There were giggling and shouts of joy…

Now no one is in here…

The grandma was the last to touch tender 

And tell to bloom well for next Vishu…

Now no one comes around;

The old laburnum stood watching the flowing river

In deep silence, meditating the past;

And a kingfisher did make a move

To make the 'grandpa' smile with his somersault.

I think he did smile as his branches swayed

Acknowledging the gesture…

And I walked past, leaving him back

In his past and loneliness.




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