My Neighbour God (The Song of the Foliage)

Published on 12 April 2026 at 15:09

The stairway is dusty,

as the road is dusty too.

The trees rise, majestic—

You could bossom yourself 

within the wide, embracing boughs.

 

´Nice to have an ice cream with you,

oh, my Neighbour God!´

 

Through the foliage of the towering tree,

within your gaze, a tower Clock

and a dwelling where a God is resting now.

 

Who would have told you, years ago,

when far away,

that you would love those trees so much

you’d christen the street

‘Tagore Street’…

and, in that quiet act,

 become a godmother

and one who would not escape a cage,

but would escape her—

the one who snatches birds mid-air.

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