Poem - A Beauteous Bleeding Heart Flower
Have you ever heard of bleeding heart flower,
The one belong to poppy family
The one with other beautiful names
Like Asian bleeding-heart or Fallopian buds
Lady-in-a-bath or Lyre flowers
Have you ever seen a bleeding heart flower,
Growing under the partial shade
On the land of Japan, China and Korea
And also natives to Siberia
Have you ever watched them bloom,
During the early spring morning
Blooming slowly into heart shaped gem
Hanging on the weak arching stem
With white tiny droplet hanging at bottom
Have you ever seen their elegant colours,
With the brightest Red and pink
Or with the calmest colour white
Shining about with great delight
Have you ever seen them drenched in rain,
With all their leaves quite a wet
And petals soaked with dew drop
Like glittery sprinkles on top
Have you ever touched them gently,
After removing slugs, snails and Aphids
Feeding on their fleshy leaves
Covered with soft fridges
All around their edges
Have you ever seen them dancing in wind,
Where entire wands twirl
Covered with dozens of flowers flange
Without thinking of their brittle roots, Strange
Have you ever tried to grow them,
By keeping the soil moist
And filled with rich compost
Where seeds borne in long pods
And yellow leaves emerges at each nodes
Have you ever tried to love them wholeheartedly,
Before they die back in chilling winters
Leaving the roots alone back in the soil
But you care their roots from the winter spoil
Until the first frost appears through damp coil
- Srushti Gamit
“Touch my heart with the hands of love.
This is the only way I could ever bloom.”
— Alexandra Vasiliu
© 2021 Srushti Gamit