Gulmohar

Wrote this one as a ten minute sprint, inspired by a friend's observation, "You just need to say the word gulmohar and its poetry."

Gulmohar

Gulmohar, please wait for me everyday

Look in my direction every evening

I shall be home soon

and smile at you...

You, in all your luscious splendour

waiting with a spread of red on the pavement

Gulmohar, the streets are lined with you

but you always remind me of home

And home I shall be soon

and wave at you...

You, swaying ever so gently

to the rhythm of April's alms

Gulmohar, I always think of you

as the protector of my home

The home, I shall be soon

the one from my childhood

You, my only confidant

with all my secrets, first love and hopes

You, with your arms open

like a friend should be