By Zaima E Jannat

---

Noisy highways and traffic signs, 

obnoxious air and people’s whines; 

I see them every day, day to day, 

I bring food 

so there’s no other way. 

 

As I step into my home, the abode, 

away from the hustle 

and the turbulent roads; 

I see my darlings, 

Houseplants, I call; 

some are standing tall 

and some are crawling the wall. 

 

I smile at them

and they dance at me, 

Then I watch them 

with my eyes filled with glee. 

 

I dance under the sky 

which is up so high; 

My darlings dance too, 

when the breeze brush through. 

 

All my fears 

melt like snow, 

Whenever I see 

my leafy loves, 

grow like a pro! 

 

Away from the hustle 

and turbulent roads, 

My darlings make me feel 

revived and alive,

When I step 

into my home, the abode.

 

 

photo credit: Zaima E Jannat