Poets Are Like Flowers

The canvas of poetry is a true wilderness Completely covered with blooming flowers Occasionally, you will meet thorns and dark valleys But the vast landscape of poetry is covered in beauty All colours are displayed in their true essence It is never a dull moment when you venture out into the heart of Poetry And get to meet so many words Words that are truly remarkable Dressed with all sorts of scents, colours and stories Some of them are adorable like lilac flowers or water lilies Others are stuffed with powerful messages like roses or dead horse arum lily And are designed to send powerful spells deep into the heart It is the innocent looking words that are more potent Carrying their message on the canvas of their brightly coloured petals Like a message meant for angels These words are loaded with lots of peace, hope and love It is as if poetry is a botanical garden with all sorts of exotic flowers I have enjoyed so many colourful days inside the garden of poetry I have met so many Poets through the sweetness of their words And sometimes through the bitterness of their nectar Poets are like flowers sent to decorate and spread a message of love It is not the absence of pain in their words that bothers me It is the presence of life in each and every word that makes me proud Like a mother hen, I feel compelled to shield all Poets From all the stresses of life So that they can write from a happy heart But life will be dull without the itchy feelings and the occasional solid nodule of pain It is the combination of deep emotions and colourful moments that paints the canvas of poetry with beauty It is the true essence of life that is displayed on the petals of poetry ©Kenneth Maswabi