Emerald green that shines on
gleaming green jewel bug
Algae green of the serene pond
And there swim the shoveler ducks
Harlequin green from areca leaves pinnate
Softly grins when sunrays gently penetrate
And the dark green on betel leaves
Oh ho, the deep red on tongue it leaves
Light green of the Mandevilla
That climbs high to shine bright
Mixed hues of the leaves of taro root
And turquoise green on the crystal clear Lake
O! The iridescent green hues
of peafowls whose vibrant colors ooze
off his pretty long feathers,
Do I need to apprise further?
Green paddy field glares
And sways like a girl's hair
Teal green from singing river
Accumulates minerals and delivers
Did I mention the grass green?
Hey! Isn't our earth's screen?
Raising that lustrous curtain,
unfolds vivid scene by scene
Our earth breaths through these shades of green
Without these green, there is no pleasant scenes
I am now as old as the days
Of grandma's stories.
But I remember the tales as the boy
Who heard them.
There were songs too,
In ancient tongues.
Grandma sang -
O my old man! You who ate taro root
And died,
Eat pumpkin and come back.
King's horse has a stiff tail.
Are you riding a white horse?
And she told me a story.
A thief sneaked into her home,
While she was weaving a loin-cloth
For grandpa.
It was late in the night and she was alone.
Grandpa had prowled out at sundown
To handle safety of the village, for
He was the tiger-man of the hamlet.
The thief was hiding behind the oil lamp,
And grandma began telling the lamp about
Grandpa's mighty paws and battles he won.
And she continued her thread-work fearlessly.
Listening to grandma,
The intruder's heart began to pound in fear.
He cursed his luck, silently, for his mistaken selection,
A tiger's house.
He tiptoed backward, and darted out,
Leaping over my ancestral threshold like a fox
Frightened by ghostly imaginations.
Grandma smiled wisely, and began singing
Another song,
When she heard a tender roar approaching.
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