The chrysanthemums you grow so lovingly in your garden
They bear no thorns
Every morn
they unabashedly open their faces to the sun
and offer their blooming beauty to the world
unafraid of the vulnerability of being plucked
and placed in ornamentation of somebody’s vase
or being the subject of attention of motley fauna
So also let go
and open up the corolla of your heart
Shed it of the ring of stakes, spines and spikes
the vault of barbed wire
you have enmeshed it with
Rid the hesitation, fear, apprehension, doubt
Let it blossom with spontaneity, love, hope, optimism
and offer it to the one
whose life it can adorn
What use is it shrivelling on the stem on which it is borne
It was you who told me
Chrysanthemums have no thorns
*Chrysanthemums are the flowers for the birth month of November (I did not know that till I started penning this on a prompt I picked up during a recent conversation, but it’s very apt that they are, in the context of this poem! )
Sweet!
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Thanks, Marissa!
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In other words, just let yourself go, give in to love, be that flower that lives in the glory of display in the vase rather than being beautiful and restrained. What a beautiful poem and sentiment Kunal!
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Thank you, Chevvy! This has a personal meaning for me and so I’m partial to this piece 🙂
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It is beautiful!
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Many thanks!
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Sweet and cute to the smell of these wonderful yellow flowers, Kunal. A great poem. Must go and see my poem too on Rose Petals.
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Thanks, Kamal! Sure, going to your’s now… 🙂
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Welcome Kunal.
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So Beautiful K! Chrysanthemums or not, your poem grew poesies in my heart. ❤
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Oh thank you ☺️
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You’re most welcome 🙂
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I could feel your heart with this. You could not be more true in the sense you spoke and it had thus tenderness and I could also sense the plea and yearning. Things will happen in good time. You have to wait maybe have more patience than you bargained for.
You know , as I read this , I could almost picture you ! Oh ! You have such an earnest face. God bless !
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Thank you, Yassy! Earnest, haha!!!
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Welcome , Kunal. 😊
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Kunal , I read it again ! I can only say life is fraught with majboorees.
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This one just came from within. Thanks again, YAssy, appreciate it big time!
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Oh , no worries , bye. Take care buddy !
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Ah, so neat and vibrant in word play!
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Grazie!
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😊
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Brava.. 😎🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Thanks, Dorna!
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This was great. I really love the symbolism and imagery
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Thank you, Nia, I’m glad you think so 🙂
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Lovely poem on the beauty of the temporal.
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Thanks, LuAnne!
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Absolutely lovely and cheerful poem!
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Thank you!
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Written so beautifully just like the subject of your poem!
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Thank you, Asfa!
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[…] so beautifully cleave A raging tornado I used to be You bring out the gentle storm in me Your random rants and ruminations how they flow In sync with my verse in emotion nice and slow. No right no wrong, we are all bound […]
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Thans, Nan, and sorry I’m little late in responding…under the weather 😦
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I did not know about the connection between Chrysanthemums and the month of
November.And to think that both of us are November born!
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Yup, I didn’t either till I started writing! And hence the title… Thanks, papa!
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Beautiful words that suit the blossoming Chrysanthemums beautifully 💐
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Thank you 🙏🏽
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Welcome ☺️☺️
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Hi Kunal. The chrysanthemum is one of my favourite plants. The flowers last a long time on the bush and they grow very well in most soils that aren’t too wet. I have also just learnt from your post that they are my elest son’s birth month flower!
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Ah, thanks for the additional info! And for the read, of course! You’re lucky if you have a garden full of chrysanthemums – they’re beautiful!
I’m also a November born 🙂
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Spontaneity — I love that your spoke about it. Thank you. Kenza.
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🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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