Jul 18, 2009

Flowers

I have seen them strutting nestled in arms
displaying proudly their wiles and charms

I have seen them settled in a lady's hair
chatting in the company of people fair

I've seen them gleaming in grand bazaars
Out doing a chandelier's crystal stars

But I cannot remember when last I saw
One in a meadow, earth wet from rain
spangled with dew
hidden from view

It has been long
but if I were there today
I'd go on my knees and say
"You look best where you belong"

5 comments:

  1. haha yeah coincidence !! But your poem is about flowers and mine is about the lack of them.

    It is strange what moves a person to poetry, is so different at different times.

    One in a meadow, earth wet from rain
    spangled with dew
    hidden from view

    loved those lines !!

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  2. Really nice but I'd digress a bit.
    They look nice when you see them on your desk. They bring a smile when you find a dried one among the book leafs, they beautify and complete a marriage and death ceremony equally and also find the place in a temple right at god's feet. Have a lady carry them and you'd think the she has turned prettier. i think its the flowers - they just seem to make everything nice and when they are on the plant, well, their purpose isn't really solved.

    Stranger are ways of life - for a flower, I think it lives only after its plucked away!

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