Life Goes On Poem by Ruta Mohapatra

A creeper with blue flowers
Shriveled up and died
I kept on pouring water
Till all my hopes belied

I scratched the stem and found
All the greens turned to brown
Not a single cell survived
To grow back the verdant crown

So, I dug up the dead root
And planted a flowering bush
To cover the bare earth
With foliage rich and lush

A life lost is lost
No crying brings it back
Let another take its place
To nurse your broken heart