Nectar

A tiny insect

White

Hovers tentatively

Over the bright green

Foliage and

Scarlet/orange-red flowers

Of the two Gulmohars,

This humid morning,

Creating a vivid canvas live;

The Flamboyant tree imported

From the great and varied Madagascar,

Well-adapted and in bloom,

Despite smog and hot weather,

Multi-hued, slender, full of shade:

A visual delight in Mumbai and elsewhere,

Brightening up the dull noisy streets,

The insect buzzing around and

Searching for that elusive nectar---

Sorely missing in urban life.