NATURE

by Anjana Prasad - April 17, 2019

My gratitude to our unspoken friends for love and kindness they usher on us.

PINE CONES

Pine cones

bobbles on the tree

becomes a keepsake

after they fall.
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LEAVES

Greens on the branch

stand tall.

A message

to be kind.

Absorbing all

existing flaws

before they fall.

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ROOTS

Deep in the earth I lie

In the dark, darker than the darkness, Mortal being seek high sky
against all odds,
Deep in the earth I lie....
Above me is sunshine bright,
friendly lives rarely I envy. For sake of the tree high, that bows on me to survive.
Deep, deep in the earth I lie....

Trunks on which branches brace, Birds nestle, green leaves sway. Bestow shadow on the passerby. In various hues, flowers smile. Essence of life astir. Deep in the earth I lie.... I grieve my lines, hard to decline, I strive strong to spread happiness.
I bind with the earth, in the cosmos I thrive. Deep in the earth I lie..... I embrace blackness
deep moist earth to survive.
Crawling worms, animalcules,
stink abide, all rot, dead lie.
for the greener universe Deep, deep in the earth I lie.....

For another poem on nature visit
https://flavours-of-life-blog.blogspot.com/2019/03/woods.html