TWO LITTLE PLANTS

Little did they know

When they were born

They would be separated

Travel to distant land

To live a life

Short lived yet with total freedom.

Having been separated from their roots.

Not even bothered

Looking lively

Enjoying every single moment

Standing tall

They are such a beautiful sight!

Everyday I watch them

With delight and amazement

At times in pity

Mostly though, in awe

I envy them

For their fearless living.

Barely a handfull of soil

Is all they have to live with

No sunshine or enough water

To outgrow, like their family members

Their contentment and will

Though, have been so infectious.

Looking at the two little plants

I learnt so much about life

While I saw one dying the other day

The other remained steadfast to live longer

This is how the story ends of the two little plants

Who lived in a small crack of my window sill.

Johnny D

22^nd July 2007