Company

Company 

Would you like a cup of tea?

Would you sit by me?

Let conversation flow,

Let the time and light trod slow.

Would you come and talk to me?

I promise I charge no fee,

A simple chat about the weather perhaps,

Or a stroll down the time relapse.

I asked many but no one came,

Each have an excuse sounding lame,

Some had work piles to high sky,

Others had a party invite to fly.

I gazed at the tables’ end,

To see the newspaper bend,

Behind it was my loving band,

Who had a castle in another land!

Took milk and cookies in a tray,

Hoping for chat with the kids in sun’s ray,

Milk and cookies vanished,

But conversation got banished.

Took the fresh baked cake to the neighbour,

But there too the talking ship did not harbour,

I looked around for someone sound,

A pleasant face that would not hound.

Gone are the days of leisure afternoon tea,

Where cakes and biscuits meet glee,

 People unwind over topics of the world,

Time and immediate task put on hold.

Deep in my thoughts,

I return to my green pots,

At least they listen,

For tee- a-tee is a good growth medicine.

Now I sit by my green friends,

That answer my queries with a low bend,

I have a hot cup of brew,

While the feathered friends flew.