Saturday, August 08, 2015

The Tale of a Tree

After reading "THE MANGO TREE'


First stanza (emphasized)  idea courtesy - friend Ashish Khandeparkar's poem ‘THE MANGO TREE’, which I rephrased here, summarizing it in 4 lines.
Inspired by that tale of letting go, I extended the thread as a story of change & growth. 


The gifts we receive – all our talents, wealth, knowledge become a burden if we fail to share them with the world around us. Any possessions are of no value if they bind us down. Letting go of ego, when we become light and open to the life around us, we in turn become a vehicle for goodness in life, an instrument of the divine. As one who gives, gets more and more, to be passed on in turn. And that makes a complete person, grown to his full potential, bright and beautiful, and loved by all.

A Mango Tree was with fruits weighed down,
Gave away sweet treasure it possessed
For comfort brought by sharing all you own
is precious than any wealth, it expressed.

In freedom new, tree sang and danced
with breeze and rains and birds that flew.
Flowers then blossomed, Gave a chance
to grow and gift again fresh fruits new.

As seasons changed the tree rejoiced
the letting go of wealth, be light.
For sweetest boons it became the choice
like flute hollow plays notes just right

As years passed by, tree grew to be
a shelter giving shade hope and rest
for the passersby who could well see
a life well-lived in times that test.

-BhairaviParag

2 comments:

  1. Nice one.
    I would paraphrase your summary of my original poem thus:
    "A mango tree with fruit weighed down
    Relinquished all its copious treasure
    And, ceding all it called its own,
    Won carefree comfort without measure."

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  2. Superb, Ashish :-)
    As we know, nothing can beat the original. Your lines just make this piece so much more beautiful!
    Keep sharing your writings.

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