Let Me Look Upon You Poem by Padma Devkota

You love the small green plants that flower forth with the season's spell.
You love the vines that crawl like a baby along the wall
and leave the imprints of their smile everywhere.
I often see you clipping extra twigs or stems
or tidying up wind-blown branches like luxuriant tresses
that disobey fingers and combs.
Let me look upon you as you water the dry beds
and discover love in action, marveling how I could have missed
noticing expressions that make us human.
Let me just stare at a common sight which I had missed all my life
as I professed love for humanity and studied the arts and letters
thinking love of literature was the highest value
while you loved these little flowers all the time.