Saturday 21 January 2023

The Visitors


I watch all day long
Crows and squirrels
Prancing up and down
The Champa* tree
I wish I could grow lighter feet
To cuddle the clouds
Touch the top of the trees
Flap wings across the sky
The visitors to my garden
Teach me to aspire
Beyond the limits of
My earthy skills and
Narrow domain of
Mundane worries
And cheap, unexciting thrills




Champa :Magnolia Champaka or Champak Tree




14 comments:

  1. Thanks for participating. I've fixed the problem you were having with the link. I enjoyed your crows and squirrels – both literally and meta phorically.

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    1. Thanks Rosemary for your help and kind words

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  2. I’m glad that birds and sometimes squirrels visit our yard regularly. Helps me keep life in perspective.

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    1. True. We also come closer to Nature and learn many a things

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  3. A nice way to forget mundane worries and cheap thrlls

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  4. How exciting it would be to hug a cloud. Unexciting yet at the same time thrilling is a compelling juxtapositioning of words. :)

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  5. Nice read. I relate. I think of the birds in my yard as my pets (which I really have none of) and watching them transcends me, but not as high as where I can hug a cloud yet!

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    1. Am sure you will one day. I have a habit of talking to the birds and the bees. Also I do have a very demanding pet.

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  6. Birds, and all of nature's wonders, are great teachers indeed. They remind us that life offers many gifts, gifts us with many things that are just there waiting for us to take notice.

    I really like this one.

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    1. Thank you Magaly. Yes Nature teaches us so many things but we forget to pay attention and learn. No time to sit and watch ...stand and stare!

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  7. So beautiful Gee. ❣️ To be light on one’s feet is a state of mind — and you possess that, just as you possess a wonderful affinity for words.ЁЯЩВ✌ЁЯП╝

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    1. Thank you so much Rob. True to be light on feet is a state of mind but at times hurdled by physical state too. I wish I could reduce the load on my feet before aspiring to fly. ЁЯША

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