#WednesdayVerses : The garden of life
On a sunny day, with the sky washed in blue,
A gentle breeze blew,
I walked towards a garden,
And a journey I started.
Teeming with life everywhere,
I stood transfixed at the beauty there.
It was then that I pondered,
To find answers to questions I often wondered.
In the garden of life, who was I?
To find an answer, I did try.
Was I a flower, bright and colourful,
Spreading smiles and making the world wonderful?
Was I like the tree, reaching for the sky,
Yet firmly grounded, providing shade to those who come by?
Was I like the grass growing freely?
Or was I the lawn, growing within the confines completely?
Was I the thorny bush obstructing someone’s way?
Was I like the tender branches which with the wind swayed?
Was I the tiny plant, that grew,
Though chances of its survival were few?
Was my heart like the good soil, letting good grow,
Or was it like the rocky soil,
With nothing good to show?
In the garden of life, who was I?
To find an answer, I did try.
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As part of our resolution to write more poetry in 2018, Vinay and I have started this weekly prompt which we’ve decided to call as Wednesday Verses. Each Wednesday, we’ll be writing a poem based on the prompt of the week, and sharing a linky. We invite you all to join us with your own poems on the prompt. Write on your blogs, and link up with #WednesdayVerses. Please add your post links to the linky only if you have written for the prompt. We are happy to have you rhyme with us.
Prompt #7 is “Garden”
Did you find an answer interesting how our life can emulate so many things around us. Loved Your perspective.
I feel I’m a little bit of everything! There is no definite answer.
Beautiful poem , Reema! In the garden of life there is plenty , it’s your choice of what you want to do and where you stand. ☺️
Thank you Ramya!
Beautiful poem Reema! I love the allegory of different garden constituents to human nature.
Thank you Kala 🙂
So beautifully penned, Reema. Your poetry speaks to the heart…and echoes in my own thoughts!
Thank you Esha 🙂
This is nice. Do intimate me about the next prompt. Want to join in. ♥️
Thank you 🙂 Sure I’ll let you know!
Ooh I like this one! Loved the rhyme scheme and the message in the poem. So did you figure out who you are in this garden of life?
I haven’t figured out yet! I feel that I’m a little bit of everything. All of us are that way, aren’t we?
You are the garden in this barren field of life, my darling! <3
Love the use of words and rhymes here. They flow well and end brilliantly too.
Thank you so much Soumya 🙂
Nature always inspires, doesn’t it?
I would love to participate in prompts like this one. Do we need to finish our posts on Wednesday itself?
Keep writing!
Cheers,
CRD
Scripted In Sanity
Thank you! No the prompt will be open till Sunday.
I think a bit of us is in everything, and a bit of everything thus is in us. 🙂 But while observing and contemplating, we are lost to that beauty too. Loved it.
Beautifully penned… you have so much poetry in you.. it’s been so long since I wrote a verse…