Our Pipal Tree Poem by Jagannath rao Adukuri

Our moss-laden backyard wall played host
To hundreds of creeping-crawling creatures
A little Pipal with thick-green conical leaves
Spread its roots in its entrails leaving a crack
The widening crack soon became home
To a wild creeper with tiny red flowers
That set our entire backyard sky ablaze
The Pipal grew quickly in horizontal space
Little blue birds from far lands visited the tree
Hundreds of big busy black ants crawled
All the way to its top dangling in the air
Our proud Pipal swayed, blissfully unaware
That its burgeoning growth brought havoc
It is a matter of time before the crack widens
And the bricks give way spelling its doom.