An ode to a tree

Thanks to Divya Mudappa and TR Shankar Raman for remembering
which sapling I planted two decades ago! Thanks Tanaya Nair for the photo.

Out there somewhere far away, 

on a beautiful hill near a gushing stream,

stands tall an evergreen rainforest tree, 

grew from the seedling you had sown.

While a busy bird perches on it

to get a good view of its prey,

another sucks whole a juicy berry, flitters away.

Flying wonders come visiting the bright red flowers,

walking wonders march along, root to branch.

The roots speak to the soil through friendly-fungi

and the branches host socials with ornate orchids.

When it is hard to sleep at night,

and you feel you didn't change a thing,

remember that seedling-tree may one day, even become a hub-tree.