True Friend

I was sitting quietly under the coconut tree

Enjoying the scenery greeney and cool breeze

Suddenly..! It sounded like a thunder

At once I jumped in fear and wonder

It fell like a bomb shell beside me

Oh.! Dried coconut palm leaf from the coconut tree.

Which once gave me shelter and shade

Fell helter-skelter now silent and dead

I remember all those days

When you served in many different ways

Oh..! Coconut tree you are my true friend

You were there when I was sick and in need

You gave me tender coconuts and quenched my thirst

Very sweet healthy and refreshing drink

You grew up silently without any attention

Feeding us expecting nothing in return

Coconut fruit for delicious cuisine

Outer shell dried leaves as burning fuel

Dried kernels for oil extraction

Residue meal for animal nutrition

Hard shells and coir useful too

In Ropes mats and craft to do

Your alm leaves large and beautiful

Useful in fence roofs and thatching

Now your dead leaf will rest in storeroom

Then transform into useful broom

You served in all possible ways

I thank you my dear friend for everything that you gave

All parts of yours useful while alive and dead

You taught me how to live

Oh..my dear friend

I know after death... I can't even be a broom