27 September 2006

The Folding of the Petals




The Folding Of The Petals
Poem by Jerrold Ham

The folding of the petals means that night is almost here.
The day has turned to twilight;and the sun soon disappears.
The flowers sleep in silence as they wait for morning's light.
They seem to be at peace as they rest throughout the night.

With a growing sense of joy,the dawn begins to break,
The birds begin to sing,and the flowers, they awake.
As the sun comes up to touch them with its rays of blessed warmth,
We watch their petals open,and reach out with open arms.

The flowers are our loved ones,whose blossoms we have shared,
They clothed and fed and taught us, they showed us that they cared.
And suddenly it seems,they're in the twilight of their years,
As we watch their petals folding,we can't hold back the tears.

But the story is not over,they're only resting for awhile,
And when the dawn arrives,they'll awaken with a smile.
The folding of the petals is not the end, oh no
It's just another step on the journey we must go.

7 Visitors shared their thoughts:

Anonymous said...

*not the end*
:)... beautiful.

.:: ROSH ::. said...

``iris``...thanks. the show must go on rt?

Anonymous said...

oh yes :)

Anonymous said...

U have not done any tags... I was unfortunate enough to tag you once on your break.. Now you have been tagged again! This one is good :)

Anonymous said...

:O, u cant count too!
Looks like that is the binding force:)

I cant wait for you to complete the tag :)

Ningal adhine cheyyum illae?

.:: ROSH ::. said...

``iris``
This blog is the result of a 'tag'..check the very first post :)
Yes i couldnt honor the last tag you sent for 'obvious reasons', sorry abt that but to make up for the lost tag i have already posted the one you sent recently.

i hope you meant to ask...'will you complete the tag' in malayalam.
you are almost there..

Anonymous said...

:)... oh yeah.. that is what i was trying to ask in malayalam.. :)

hey, no fuzz about the last tag... or any tag for that matter.. just silly blogger game.. but it is fun :)

I forgot that the blog was started as a result of a Tag. now it is all coming back.