* Forgive Me! Poem by Deva De Silva

Shooting leave buds
You lay forlorn, yet
In new hopes of being
Discovered in time
To be nursed back
To live a long life
To be loved like
You were loved once!

Scooping you up
Placing you gently
In a hole dug deep
Twice the circumference of
And thrice your rood height
I ask for forgiveness
For unearthing you
In sheer cold blood!

Casting you aside
And treating you like
An unwanted root
A common garden thief
An invading weed when
Your ash tinted branches
Your tiny green leaves
Your eagerness to live
Did not belong there
In an worthless pile
To garnish the green bin

Now I groom you tenderly
For the lilac blossoms
Throughout summer
That you'd bloom!