I thought
I should present you a flower
On your birthday
A beautiful and sweet scented flower
Perhaps
You will forget yourself for a while
Seeing its beauty and inhaling its fragrance
But then you will be saddened
When you will see its wilted petals
With no colour and no fragrance.
Then it struck me
Why not I present you a green sapling
That will be full of promise
To grow big and big
With promise of sweet scented flowers
And many many fruits
Inviting the nature guests
To build their nests
In the hollow of its heart
To enjoy its cool shade
To inhale the scent of its colourful flowers
And to feed on its sweet fruits
Throwing seeds throughout your garden
With many more promises
That will never cease.
Fantastic poem, Bharati! What better gift than a tree? I just planted a new tree in my yard a couple of weeks ago. I probably won't live long enough to see it get big and strong.
@Kim Barney, may you live long enough to see the plant get get big and strong!
What a sweet and brilliant poem! ! ! So heart warming! A tree is a magnificent gift! Thank you for sharing this thoughtful, touching, splendid piece!
My mistake... I meant to type 'Daniel Brick'... I make mistakes when I type too fast.
And, if you don't mind me asking, who is John Brick? I am certain that he is a wonderful fellow!
What a sweet poem! What better gift to give than a tree indeed! So wonderfully written with such kind consideration intertwined! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely poem!
Excellently crafted awesome poem mam.worthy of being revisited.Thanks to your better choice of birthday gift.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
My B'day is coming soonly Thanks for the GIFT SIS
Thank you Poet Poet for your reading and appreciating my poem.