The Pink Camellia Petals

On the ground by the camellia tree her flower petals in decay And birds whistling and chirping on this sunny Spring day The flowers that bloom in Winter die quickly in the Spring Even before most young birds have taken to wing. The pink petals of the camellia flowers lay rotting on the ground And blackbird searching for slugs and worms keep scattering them around It is the law of Nature that all things of life must die Though the wild born birds are singing and the sun shines in the sky. The pink camellia petals lay by their tree of birth Their mother tree that one day too will return to Mother Earth And some birds still nest building and Spring has just begun And the sparrows on the garden hedge are chirping in the sun.