If I could divide the smell of flowers <br />I’d send some to the falsely charged <br />Locked in prison cells <br />Send some to the lonely seniors <br />Trapped in apartment hells <br />Send some to the weary miners <br />Sweating beneath the ground <br />Send some to the invisible people <br />Hauling our garbage ‘round <br /> <br />Some answers in life are so easy <br />Like zero plus zero is none <br />But how do we divide the smell of flowers <br />So their fragrance is shared by everyone? <br /> <br />If I could divide the smell of flowers <br />I’d pass some to the frightened animals <br />Caged against their wills <br />Pass some to the dying birds <br />Choking on oil spills <br />Pass some to the angry kids <br />Sniffing up airplane glue <br />Pass some to the crying widow <br />Missing the love she knew <br /> <br />Some answers in life are so easy <br />Like zero plus zero is none <br />But how do we divide the smell of flowers <br />So their fragance is shared by everyone? <br /> <br />If I could divide the smell of flowers <br />Then you’d always have your share <br />If I could divide the smell of flowers <br />There’d be sweetness around you <br /> <br />Everywhere <br /> <br />(2005)<br /><br />Catman Cohen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-could-divide-the-smell-of-flowers/
