A moving green line

About innocence; alienation; discovery, natural delight; empathy

 A moving green line

There is a green line,

Emitting sweet sound,

Moving very fast

 Up there---

In the big blue sky,

What is that moving green line?

Asked the wide-eyed child her granny,

Sitting in a tiny balcony of a crowded high-rise.

After peering high, she smiled,

Oh! That is a long-tailed

Green parrot, flying in the crisp morning air,

Speaking to his mother, and singing to

Others in the family,

The happy parrot,

Moving about freely

 In the big blue sky,

Replied the amused grandmother,

To the four-year-old urban child;

Do they wake up so early?

Yes, my child

 But why?

To greet the sun and the morning,

All creatures small or big

Wake up early to welcome

The fresh dawn and early day,

Answered the grey granny wise;

Then why Mom-Dad wake up so late?

Asked the child, and,

The grandmother  could only smile.

 

Reviews

[Dreaming lord]

hehe.. i wake up so late.. generation gap. :D

[Sami Khalil]

A nice poem on children's innocense and how we try to grow by crossing that invisible green line. Nice poem and I like the concept.
Thank you for sharing.

[John]

A charming tale that draws the adult reader in because we too want to know what the green line is.