# The Cactus (Resurrection!) Poem by Seema Aarella

# The Cactus (Resurrection!)

Rating: 5.0


This body like a rose
Been a cosset of spring
Then a beautiful thing,
But the winter left me rot,
Summer withered me thin
An image the seasons wrought!

Heart was a puddle of love
Always in full effervescence,
Was left flaked and dry
An unfaithful exploit…
Of my sensitive innards
By the ever malevolent sky…

Dreams like rivers
Flowing fierce and free
Humanity but won’t let me be
It sucked me whole
Weakened my strength
The worldly rules and decree

Now, I retreat to reticence
Shedding conceit for thorny skin,
I watch the season’s caravan
Wearing stern and placid grin…
Hands raised in prayer forever
And my oasis secured within…

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sarwar Chowdhury 02 October 2008

Insightfull! truly poetic expression. Ammmmmazing! ......10

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Sulaiman Mohd Yusof 02 October 2008

I'm happy to read your works.A poem should be written as this.......unlike the story telling with no poetry elements.Excellent!

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Kesav Easwaran 02 October 2008

very insightful write...amazing choice of words...well framed lines...good piece, i liked...ten for you, Seema

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Reshma Ramesh 02 October 2008

beautiful Seema......very well done and hey iam so happy to see someone from Bangalore! !

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C T Heart 02 October 2008

great poetic composition...a 10.

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Sathyanarayana M V S 08 October 2008

This is very much like my poem MY DARK NIGHTS. Well expressed feelings.

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Ashraful Musaddeq 03 October 2008

Beautiful composition. Last stanza is very nice. 10+

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Raj Nandy 02 October 2008

Seema, very well expressed poetic thoughts - with your last para creating the climax! I loved those hands raised in prayers! Cactus for me is a symbol of suffering in silence! Yet it is a symbol of survival, a symbol of resurrection! Seema, have you read my 'The Cactus Tree'? - Raj Nandy

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nice wellwritten good poem

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Rakhi Jayashankar 02 October 2008

beautiful metaphorical poem 10++++++

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