Tamarind

5th std
1st language kannada
3rd poem
Tamarind

Nobody knows where my Tamarind stood
Just by a winding lane.
Each year it gave me fruit and shade, and drew
Me to my home again.

I loved to sit beneath her shady boughs,
And rest up for a while,
To gaze out upon the distant blue hills,
With laughter and a smile.

And now that I’m back, I’m eager to find,
My tamarind again.
I hasten down to that favourite spot,
I search... but search in vain.

Then I stop and I stare; I stand quite still
I listen to my heart.
That magnificent tree, that was my life,
Has just been ripped apart.

I turn to the hills, my eyes filled with tears
For sure, I’ve lost my soul.
Where once it stood tall, there’s nothing there now,
Merely an empty hole.

- Anonymous