<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=522444" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Thoughts On A Fallen ' Paarijaatham ' Flower.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">thoughts on a fallen 'paarijaatham ' flower.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i was wading through my vague thoughts </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as i walked along the roadside-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i came to senses with a sudden start-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">o god! i was about to tread on a small flower</div><div style="margin:10px 0">full of grace and simple beauty with a mild fragrance-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it is considered a holy flower; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">it is 'paarijaatham' or ' pavazhamalli '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">with one 'cm' orange stalk </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and six perfectly merging white petals-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there always seems to be a swirl frozen on its petals</div><div style="margin:10px 0">resembling the wheel-like weapon of gods-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">memories of bygone years visit crowding me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">whereupon we, brothers, rushed to gardens and groves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to gather these lovely flowers </div><div style="margin:10px 0">with the greediest arms encircling in whirls </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to corner these gems outwitting other valiant competitors</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as they lay spread like mats on the ground</div><div style="margin:10px 0">while rained in blossom-showers over our heads-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we also had gentlemen agreements among boys</div><div style="margin:10px 0">not to invade the territories of others not so clearly marked out-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and to offer duty bound to our father </div><div style="margin:10px 0">for his daily morning worship-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yes those were the cheerful days </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if on an expedition in the cool dawn hours</div><div style="margin:10px 0">waiting impatiently for the 'keyman ' to unlock the premises-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">why this flower blossom stealthily at night</div><div style="margin:10px 0">with none to enjoy its fragrance and beauty? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">why its life is so short-lived? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">why even the whisper of a gentle breeze knocks it down? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">o tree! are you so heartless to disown your kids</div><div style="margin:10px 0">like some soulless mothers of their illicit infants? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or do the stars order that these star-children </div><div style="margin:10px 0">also to depart at the invent of the dawn? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">o tiny flower! ever you kindle sweet memories </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of our joyful association from ages past-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">blessed i am, o charming friend, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">i have ever my rebirth as a child at your sight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">-s.chandra kalaadhar</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sundaram+Chandrakalaadhar">Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=522444" data-title="Thoughts On A Fallen ' Paarijaatham ' Flower. de Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar" data-description="thoughts on a fallen 'paarijaatham ' flower. & i was wading through my vague thoughts as i walked along the roadside- i came to senses with a sudden start- o god! i was about to tread on a small flower full of grace and simple beauty with a..."></div> </div> </div>

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