Palm Tree Poem by Surajit Basu

Palm-tree!
On one leg standing
Above all trees, outstanding
Up at the sky, he peeps.

He envies:
Clouds floating by,
Flying up on high -
Where're the wings it needs?

Suddenly,
The leaves swish,
Meeting the wish
Deep in his mind.

He dreams:
His wings are these,
He can fly with ease,
Leaving his home behind.

All day long,
Quiver and Quake
The leaves shake
As if to fly apace.

He imagines:
Wandering the sky
- While the stars fly by -
As if to go some place.

Then when
The breeze drops,
The shivering stops
He comes down to earth.

He thinks:
This land his mother,
He loves no other
But this corner of earth