The Neem Tree Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

There are two Neem trees in my house
One is inside and other is at outside
The outside one is older, bigger
People collect it’s new red leaves for vegetables
And old leaves for skin diseases/chicken pox
They collect its bark to cure malaria
Some take its flowers for intestinal worms
Few gather its fruits to control diabetes
People chew its twigs for dental hygiene
And use daily in place of tooth brush and paste
People take out its gum to heal ulcers
And seeds are collected for making pesticides
People use its each and every parts as medicine
Yet they throw rubbish, waste under it
Cut its branch to support the plant
And use as fire wood.

My wife is treated in my family
just like that outside Neem tree
Difference is this much ….
She can move and leaves inside the house.