After a fine mild rain, <br />I walked on the pavements, <br />Of a garden of flowers, <br />Aftershocks of showers, <br />Touched my heart, <br />And my soul smiled, <br />And the soul told me, <br />Watch all the flowers, <br />Feel there fragrance, <br />Love their colors, <br />But look for a rose, <br />The queen of flowers, <br />See your left, <br />See your right, <br />Remove green leaves, <br />And lightly kiss, <br />The wet pink petals, <br />Soft and untouched, <br />And listen to the flower, <br />She will sing a song, <br />On the beats of winds, <br />The leaves will dance, <br />I obeyed the command. <br /> <br />The flower sang, <br />Oh You! Long awaited, <br />Where you were, <br />Why so late? <br />I looked your way, <br />Since my bud hood, <br />Why don't you kissed, <br />When the flower was a bud, <br />If you would have kissed the bud, <br />My pink color, <br />Would have been shocking pink, <br />My fragrance, <br />Would have made this garden, <br />A paradise on earth, <br />I would have earned, <br />A name so great, <br />Cleopatra of roses, <br />My love story, <br />The world would have read, <br />Like poems of Wordsworth. <br />Now I shall remain, <br />Confined in your poems, <br />A few will read, <br />A few will like. <br />But your kiss was pleasant, <br />Blown a new soul, <br />Now let me behave, <br />Like a shy lovely bud. <br /> <br />My soul said, <br />This rose is now yours, <br />Pluck it, keep it safe, <br />As long it's alive, <br />I obeyed the command. <br /> <br />Now the flower has dried, <br />But still kept, <br />In the book of love, <br />When I open this book, <br />My soul smiles, <br />My love smiles, <br />And the dry petals, <br />Still smile, <br />Like fresh shy bud.<br /><br />Akhtar Jawad<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rose-flower-2/
