(Photograph of the yellow Peltaphorum flower and the purple Thumbergia erecta flower on the pathway near the compound gate)

EPHEMERALLY EXQUISITE

S. Joseph Winston

Oh! Graciously beautiful flower

As a hedge bush flower, you bloom

The radiant glory that removes all gloom

Inviting the buzzing bee that zooms

You are ephemerally exquisite!

 

At the dawn, the glory so high

Makes all gaze at you with a deep sigh

But at the twilight withered you lie

So calm and quiet on the pathway you die

You are ephemerally exquisite!

 

Often trampled and ignored

In the stride of human life, tampered

Even while departing, you leave the roads adored

You paint glory everywhere when you are around

You are ephemerally exquisite!

 

The petite braid their hair

With you in all admire

The glory the women all acquire

The sweet fragrance of aroma you transpire

You are ephemerally exquisite!

 

Oh human beings! Learn from the flowers7

That we need to spread glory around

In the short span of life

to be remembered like the flower

you are ephemerally exquisite!

 


Mar-2020