The adjacent plot and sunset

I stand in our kitchen 

by the window facing west

Whenever I feel stricken 

or just to view the sunset

I gaze at the plot next to our building

square and sizable
To buy and build on it my own dwelling
wish I was able

It used to house a movie artists' studio

decorated and lively for some years
When he died of heart attack on his patio
vacated his family too in tears

It was up for sale 

for millions was the rumor in town
The story became stale 

when a dozer brought its roof down

I stand in our kitchen 

by the window facing west

Whenever I feel stricken 

or just to view the sunset

The barren plot now in symmetry 

looked bigger and beautiful
Coconuts trees on its periphery 

stretched taller and bountiful

One fine morning, a team with fillers 

descended from nowhere
With no sign or warning, ream of pillars
erected they did everywhere

Red bricks and concrete piled on quickly 

dwarfing my building by a floor

The new block will complete surely and shortly
Blocking my sighting for sure

Stand, i will, in our kitchen 

by the window facing west in future
Stand, it will, in memory 

that sunset viewing as a picture.

©Balaji Palanidurai