A song from the bard!

 H'lo folks, board exams are going on right now and they're a pain to deal with, so unfortunately I'm not going to write normal blogposts till they're over. You can expect a christmas and new year post however!

Until then, here's a poem composed by myself with no rhyme(literally) or reason.

The Palm by the Roadside

It was a chance occurrence

by all means 

That a sapling was born 

By the roadside

Among dust and trash

A sight for sore eyes

One, so tiny and green

With a life ahead full of glee


Thirst quenched by rain 

Life sustained by light of Sun

Steadily it grew

Tall,Mighty and Strong

People passed by

Wondering Indeed

How could something so great

Sprout from thin air!


The palm saw much

Of Hope and of Dismay

Of Love and of Strife 

And of solace and discord

Yet it stood by the roadside

Watching cars go by at great speeds and

it's heart longed, to travel

As they did with haste


One day, a storm came

Of terrifying power it was

People cried in fear

Taking shelter under the palm

Even the palm was quaked 

By this challenger so great

And yet determined to brave it

It stood tall and strong against the great gale


The people were anxious and fearful as

Minutes passed into hours

Storm calming from its fury

Into a breeze on their cheeks

The tree stood,

Alas! A shell of it's former glory

Gone were its dreams!

To be carried with the breeze and to see sights unseen


As it stood weeping

A boy young and sweet

He picked up a frond 

Of mighty hero fallen in battle

His heart full of innocence 

Carried the palm in it

And the palm took heart 

For it travelled within the boy


Life in hand of another

Together to a new land unseen.






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