I built a beautiful tiny house
And an orchard with big trees
It isn’t a manicured garden
But it had everything to please
I would have my morning coffee
Outside, under the sun
Sometimes beneath a shady tree
By Jove ! it’s so much fun
The price of real estate soared,
Advice came from a close friend
To take advantage of market
And sell off my excess land
I questioned why should I do so
She said to live in luxury,
By selling the garden land
I would fill up my treasury
I told her for me luxury’s trees
they give me lung space, right !
A flight of fancy, a green dream
They are the source of delight
Concrete jungle doesn’t provide
The joy we get from nature
Even diamond, silver, gold, pearl,
No scent, no taste, no rapture.
I fly very high in the sky
I keep my feet on ground
As long as I am with nature
All happiness I’d have found
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India