Among the giant jacks
I rest and gazed upon the skies then
many years ago
the sun could only play hide and seek
he felt defeated then
as the giant jacks reached the skies then
now I hide in the AC
gaze upon corners of walls
and plastic trees
caught among the concrete
as the sun scorches the earth
frantically outside
my imagination grows thin
the giant jacks will I ever see them again?
D Karunakalage (in loving memory of giant jack trees who filled my lungs with fresh air, my stomach with their fresh fruit when I was in my hometown)