Love Birds

Love birds are not just those who love each other, these birds spread love for generations.

From the passenger train to reach Dharwad platform

Walking to Ajji's home was just a norm

The red gate always stood to welcome us

The long shaded footpath waited with no fuss  

Ajja Ajji's face gleamed with love and affection

Both sitting on the Maroon sofa looking for our reflection

Our walk to reach the threshold had so many thoughts

To check if neighboring kids were at the spots

To walk on the greenish path, this depicted it rained

Walking on the beautiful flowers, Oh well our hearts pained!

The raw mangoes hanging on trees drew smiles

Their aroma we felt spread across many miles

The Banni tree with green blouse pieces and bangles tied

The earthen lamps were lit and the worshiped tree rustled with pride

The guilt that we did not have our regular phone calls

The regret that we promised to stay back was all false

To the Tulsi katti where we jumped around

To all the love that our grandparents surround

Those ungrateful pigs which seemed to have conquered our Ajji's garden

The grit to shoo them away and pardon.

Sometimes the snake seemed to have made a house

And the mongoose running around still gave us a hope

The squirrels came out to play hide and seek

The koyal kohooed from its peak

A small stage where we meet our friends last time

Those meetings those laughs and those talks like chime

The house which seemed so lonely and dull

Suddenly was filled with laughter and the complaints went Null

Our grandparents only asked for time and love

Their love and affection was fairer than dove

Now you are not with us and in the sky somewhere

I still gaze the sky to find you there

Smiling at us, laughing with us

And crying with us

The glory of childhood has vaporized with you

The memories are still as fresh as the drops of dew

The deepest corner of hearts has your wise words

The only thing I can share to my kids is about you - you love birds

 

 

Author's Note

Some words are not in English - its my love to them that I kept it to my heart's tongue.
Dharwad - Is a small town in South India
Ajja - Grandfather
Ajji - Grandmother
Tulsi Katti - Holy Basil plan , Katti - is a small earthen bench created around the plant to sit and worship the sacred Tulsi plant
Banni Tree - Is a scared tree and is worshiped in India for fertility and good health

Reviews

[¿]

The glory of childhood vaporised with you - this line really brings guilt in heart like this is the moment...spread love to whomever you have around loving you....taking care of you without any utter of exhaustions.....if not now we may get late to gather memories with them and words of love to them we wanna speak will be left unsaid may!
It touched heart di😊!

[Prynka]

Thank you Tahsu. Actually its been a long I have'nt written anything. This reminds me I need to be more active. This is very personal poem so had not sent for Read request. Glad u still read it.

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Yess you've bring your next showdown!
And it's always my pleasure di😊

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You've to*

[barleygirl]

It's great, the way you use "love birds" to signify a steady old couple spilling love, as well as the various winged possibilities described with graceful imagery thru-out your poem. Your writing here reminds me of painting, just a swish here & a dab there . . . not always a strict depiction of what you're describing, but often conveying as much in feeling as in observation. I love the way you honor the grandparents after death in your ending sentiments (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Prynka]

Thank you Margie :)