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A conversation with a Garden Flower

Why do You tempt us so?

or attempt to tempt as I may say

to intrinsically covet us with your beauty?

your feinted image but puddle-rooted

 

waver as you may...

 

For is it every flower's duty?

to lure in weary enamored travelers

and be loved only by blinded wayfarers?

hence the expression stop and smell the roses-

 

no?

 

And yet You have come to be known

as the pinnacle of beauty and love

whilst You would know not of either

compassion, romance, and emotion...

 

more of a lack thereof..

 

for true beauty is not measured

by the magnificence of your flower

but is rather found  in beauty of your roots

the same can be said for love

 

it requires but one to do the digging...

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sahil-suri
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Dec 16, 2012
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