JaathiMalli, pichi, (Jasminum grandiflorum, <br /> poet's jasmine) <br /> <br /> <br />What secret in slender heart laid <br />I wonder when you bud streaked red <br />In blooming retort denuded all hide <br />Tickled incensed you diffuse from shed <br /> <br />What secret in slender white laid <br />Wonder again when you seem wishy-washy <br />In bidding hurry hiss 'most aroma preyed' <br />Pinched faded to vanish slushy sloshy <br /> <br />Hmm..I sigh, wish you here again back <br />Wonder, back creeping high afresh anew <br />Leafing through your leafy six-pack <br />Smiling fragrant petaled five all true<br /><br />Indira Renganathan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-flower-to-auroville-mother-7/
