To Kill a Flower
Where have all the flowers gone?
Their beauty cut by a florist’s blade—
Crushed to make some sweet perfume,
That doesn’t last, that too so shall fade…
Where have all the flowers hid themselves?
No colors bloom among the fields—
Placed in vases upon dusty shelves—
Not gladdening hearts or helping heal.
Why have all the flowers gone away?
Man cannot not enjoy unless he also destroys.
Then there finally comes a dismal day
When he finds he’s lost forever what he should enjoy.
My Flower was still tender with so much room to grow:
When the blades of some gardener laid her low…
Pendragon
© 3/17/07
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