Waiting for you to be ripe

 Sleeping in your hay-nest,

Like an egg yet to hatch,

For six days you must rest,

you and your whole batch.

I've waited a year,

And now that you're near,

I'm waiting to rejoice,

Waiting till you get ripe.

After a while,

one side is sunny enough,

So dutifully I'll

Toss you upside down.

I've waited a year,

And now that you're near,

I'm waiting to rejoice,

Waiting till you get ripe.

Mango season is back!!! Here I am, typing away in my study room where our first peti (crate) of mangoes lies. We store the mangoes in a box with hay, waiting for the green to become yellow. I always find it fascinating, how you simply need to keep the fruit in hay for it to get ripe. 

Every time I walk into my study room, a fresh scent of mangoes greets me, riper every day. Approx 4 more days for them to be sunshine yellow!!

Logging off, 

Aanya