This Little Flower

Pluck this little flower

and take it, delay not
else it will droop
and drop into dust.

I do not seek a place
in your garland, but
honour it with a touch
a pinch from your hand.

Pluck this little flower

and take it, delay not
else the day may end
before this offering reach you.

Though the colour is not bright
and the smell is of a faint scent
take this flower for your service
and pluck it while there is time.

Adopted from Tagore’s Gitanjali, poem 06

Henry Victor          07.09.2012