Rubber Woods. Poem by RAVIKIRAN ARAKKAL

It lay miles on end,
green with the top,
The bottom too, green
With grass, swaying
All the time gently
In the singing wind,
A very lonely thought
In mind, with nobody around,
It feels a bit eerie,
But the lonliness,
A cool feeling with self,
The rubber for company,
As if to say, don't worry,
I am company to you,
I will there forever,
When you come by,
Singing with the leaves,
Spreading a cool shadow,
All the time in summer and rain.

Ravikiran Arakkal