A Song From The Paddy Field

And that song when hit my heart Fragrant from the paddy green Feasted my mind sat to muse Masticating some past cud A small girl In full skirt and a loose blouse With long locks double-plaited Holding tight her grandpa's hand Walking along the furrows She sang to the waving green As the wind whizzed, grand pa laughed Grandpa had a tuft let loose To dance free wind-way, she laughed Her ta-ra-la-la went long Far to reach a mango grove She had mangoes raw and ripe Sang 'bite a bit, bit by bit' Grandpa couldn't sing fast her speed She kept laughing way back home The paddy field bade good bye Set right its reel, mind swirled back 'Where's grandpa' heart asked.Mind smiled