Grass fields all around <br />Where rose bushes surround <br />Where ruby of poppy blooms <br />And carpets of foxglove abound <br /> <br />Where night jasmine showers <br />Layering the emerald of grass <br />The pond in the middle <br />Floating lotus <br />and water reflecting the stars <br /> <br />In a corner of this plan <br />Is a patch of barren land <br />No grass tree or flowers grow <br />Just a sandbox, <br />behind some bushes stands <br /> <br />So lonely and so shy <br />Still it Knows not why <br />Been there all this while <br />For it belonged to <br />Deserts dry <br /> <br />Only cactus and date palms <br />Find their home <br />In its warm arms <br />No tropical fruits or trees <br />Understand it's miseries<br /><br />Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/odd-one-out-5/
