Aahaa Chennai

I am feeling lonely. I would like someone beside me on the bench to soak in the green flavours. Oh oh! Someone is indeed there. A lil' green someone trying to find his moorings. A big thank you to the feathered friend on the tree. The seed you dropped landed right. At last... I've found a tiny green  friend, a bit shy but just right there beside me. Psst! A secret. I don't choose my friends based on their looks.

I see someone waving the white flag. I am sending my representatives to add to the number. The crowd has increased. Many more heads wish to join. Under Nature's banner we do garner the pride of place.

I've come up with something different. The job is done in a jiffy. No searching for someone to clamber up, pluck the pods, open,  remove  the seeds. A strong gust of wind and my seeds are spread far  and wide. Nature's signature stuff is truly amazing!

I've suddenly realised it. A matter of 'better late than never.' "I-do-need-to-move-around." Thankfully I am small and lightweight and with a lil' bit of help from the wind' I've done it. Psst! Look down. Amidst the scarlet petals I do stand out. The lemon leaves have been trying to shake me off. The frangipani flowers are trying to investigate who I could be. The giant showy betel leaves are none too pleased. Methinks... the combined perfume needs a branded label. Ah! I've finally done it... caught your eye with my traveller tales.

I remain a long time favorite, a 'must have' in many a garden space. However, I do have my own quirks. Watch me hang 'upside down'. For long I've had all the attention, until others, looking like they've emerged from an artist's palette, barged in. Despite the the new age crowd, my 'inverted look' indeed has a following. I've managed to maintain an  air of friendliness cause I believe... there is enough space for both to co-exist... the  contemporary as well as the old.

'Not doomed...yet.' A little head of green making its way up seems to say. After months of waiting, when the unsightly picture of roots sticking out tugs at your heartstrings, when you quail in agony at the thought of the looming empty space, once filled by a eye-stopping, wide girthed, forceful green giant, a glimmer of hope arises from the depths of despair. Nature heals.

Here I am... looking active, ready to face the day... the jarring noises, the rising dust, scores of wily competitors, and those lurking enemies swinging their  axes. Really glad to have survived the day Now it's time for some shuteye, to soothen  the inner turmoil. The fact is... I've been attuned to listen to signals, my bio rhythms. Do not disturb. I need to bounce back ready to face the morrow begs one droopy Rain Tree.