Thursday, January 29, 2009

Mr Palm and Mr.HB

It was a pleasant californian afternoon. I was sitting in the corner of my department's courtyard, on a bench that lined a rather poor looking inconspicous flowerbed. My only company was the tall, slightly absurd looking palm tree standing shyly next to the flowerbed. This tree is very special. He's a gentletree quite unlike his vily relatives who line the department's pathway pretending to be solemn and respectful, but never missing an opportunity to lean over and exchange a bit of slander when the breeze comes their way. My tree will seem plain on casual observation. His thick, brown curly tress and his flawless symmetric green fronds are hidden away above you, blocked from distant view by layers of concrete jutting out from the buildings around him. As I sat under him today, cross legged , facing up and soaking up his beauty, there came along the being of the day! A tiny, colourful, fast paced hummingbird, grazing my cheek..(Did he think I was one of those beautiful flowers :D),.hurrying towards the half withered flowers in the drab flowerbed, like a dutiful rich relative paying a quick obligatory periodic visit to his shameful poor relatives! ....These birds had always seemed like a myth to me. You have a feeling they are true, you read about them, you hear about them, but have never "seen" one before. Well, all you see from a distance is a haze and all you hear is a whirring or a buzzing..It could have been a bumble bee for all you know! Now i know! I know what he looks like, i know how tiny he is, how sharp and slender his beak his and how comical he looks with two fans whirring at top speed on either side of his colouful belly. I felt blessed like I had had a revelation in the middle of a just-another-day. Thank you Mr.Palm and Mr.HB for making my day!

10 comments:

Nithya Ramakrishnan said...

Welcome to Blogsphere Lakshmi, and let me be the privileged first soul to comment :)

Your first post gave me reminiscences of Wordsworth's Daffodils and A Stolen Boat Ride...What a romantic soul you are..and what ostentatious descriptions of miniscule things...and what metaphors...they are truly traits of a budding writer...Besto!!!Looking forward to see many more romantic posts...

Divya said...

I say its just tooo good. you have a way with writing and I never thought one could write just about a humming bird and palm tree this beautifully. Keep it coming more Lakshmi. I;ll bookmark :) Cheers and congratulations.

Lakshmi said...

@Nithya, Divya,

Thanks a million! You just cant guess how much it means to hear these words from two proficient gifted writers!! and you have no idea how much you inspired me into this :)

Anonymous said...

Wow !!! Never knew you were so gud at writing. Keep blogging :) All the best !!

Mrinalya said...

Too much Lakshmi! You could bring the scene in front my eyes alive. I think that is when a writer wins ! and you have def. won many a heart!

Keep 'em coming..

Karthik said...

Lakshmi… u made me remember my scary old school days, where I had to memorize a 100 line poem for 10 marks…
This sounded like one other poem from my English Text book… :)
However this is a really good one Lakshmi. But even if am given with 10 days time, I can not memorize this :)

Anonymous said...

hey laksh this is very poetic.I can see ur inspiration from PG wodehouse at many places.Very creative and interesting.Iam looking forward for many such entries..:)

Anonymous said...

Hey Lakshmi - it was a pleasant surprise reading your first post. I thought it would be very mundane but you did surprise me. Way to go! Keep writing and inspire many others like me :)

Ann said...

Beautiful !! I always knew there was a hopeless romantic in you, but the expression is simple and beautiful........ Waiting for the next one !!

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