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Thursday, 4 August 2016

Ephemeral

Ephemeral

Awakened by the kiss of dew,
And warmth of the rising sun,

He unfurled his lovely white petals,

This little flower bloomed to a bright new world.

The caress of the gentle breeze,

The rustling chide of the leaves,

The drone of the bees and the flutter of the butterflies,

He could not have enough of.

"Is not life ever so beautiful dear mates," he said.

The older blooms sagely silent, nodded along.

For tomorrow they knew, they would be gone,

Why spoil the little one's fun.

Eager to play with the wind and sun,

Awoke little fellow early next morn.

His mates many were missing the fun.

Where could they be, he pondered.

On the earth below he found them lying,

Withered and faded, barely whispering.

"Smile and stay cheerful little one," they said.

"For soon from the earth, we shall rise again."

Today he lay, where they had lain,

Weary yet happy to rest after all he had felt and seen.

"Smile and stay cheerful little one," he looked up and said.

"For soon from the earth, I shall rise again."

A flower is so ephemeral and has such a fragile life....and yet its life is so simple and fulfilling!

I am with Team #CrimsonRush for the #BarAThon from Aug 1st - Aug 7th.
Today's blogging prompt is Fragile Lives.

You could find out more about this lovely blog marathon at BAR.

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beataboutthebook 44p · 454 weeks ago

You brought out the fragility of life beautifully - the unending cycle - life and death. I like how the flower accepted it all happily.

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Tarang Sinha · 454 weeks ago

Such a beautiful composition! Wonderful take on the prompt. It was so wise to connect life and flowers in terms of fragility.
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rachnasays 54p · 454 weeks ago

Beautifully expressed! I often wonder about the short life spans of flowers.
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Shilpa Gupte · 454 weeks ago

How beautiful, Kala! Flowers give us such joy with their prettiness and wilt and wither away in no time at all! Fragile lives, indeed!
Didn't know you were a poet, too!
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Nabanita Dhar · 454 weeks ago

This is so beautiful, Kala
I loved it! So positive and full of hope!
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ohohsuzyq 32p · 454 weeks ago

Your poem also reminded me of butterflies. Loved how you depicted the fragility of life through the flower.
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shilpakgarg 47p · 454 weeks ago

What a beautiful composition to express the fragile life of a flower. A novel take on the prompt, indeed!
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meandmydarkside 16p · 454 weeks ago

Ah! What a refreshing and sweet post to read early in the morning! I hadn't read good poetry for a while. This was quite an experience to read. UI wonder if we could explain the fragility of human life, so elegantly.
Great work, Kala.
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sunainabhatia 26p · 454 weeks ago

Beautiful Kala.....All of us should learn from the flower this important lesson - No matter how short or long our life is, we should live it to the hilt....Your choice of words makes it such a pleasant read.

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sunjhini 47p · 454 weeks ago

you really know how to express through verses... Beautiful portrayal :)
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ramyaprao 55p · 454 weeks ago

Woah! Kala, this piece is brilliant. I loved it. How beautifully have you brought out the enthusiastic yet fragile life of a flower.

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sohamyogacentre 23p · 454 weeks ago

So beautiful this is Kala. Human life a flowers life all so fragile and yet a flowers life is so much lovelier while ours gets complicated by the mind :) Sweet little young flower :)

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inquisitivegeet 38p · 454 weeks ago

Never knew you write such beautiful poems, Kala! A flower spreads all the goodness, good fragrance, adds beauty and yet it is such a fragile little thing!
Beautifully written and portrayed!

Cheers
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