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If flowers have Tears
If flowers have tears Won’t they shed tears of pain As those flower lovers Mercilessly pluck their heads off their stems Just to give them as a token of love To their beloved .
If grass can feel pain and torments Won’t they feel it , as living creatures Trample on its grassy buxom On their way to hunt , to look for food , to go somewhere About their daily business ?
If trees can cry , won’t they rain down their leafy tears As the tall giraffes reach for their greeness and munch them clean all in a day ! And when the humans , the worst of the whole lot Climb on them , cut down their branches or clear the jungle for a building site ! Won’t they complain and cry ?
What about the chickens , the birds , the cows and the sheep ? They too can feel pain and joy or both ? Do they have tears , fears, resentment when The butchers’ knives are sharpened for the kill To lay on the table them ; a meal , a tasty meal .
What about those loving hearts That won’t speak the stories of their joy , grief or woes Each time careless unkind words pierce their loving hearts ? Each time , tide of remorse , tides of doubts rolls over To drown the voice of the fresh and happy past ? If they too have unshed tears , unvoiced grief Won’t they cry like flowers , trees , sheep and green grass ?
~Agatha Lai~
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