By Nikita Kanjani
If you saw a flower,
Would you admire its beautiful,
Colourful petals
Or look at its wilting leaf - so
Black and raven,
Just ready to collapse?
If you saw a flower,
Would you admire how its red
Petals once exuded vibrance and became
The epitome of nature?
Would you touch its leaves
To teach what warmth and love feels;
To let love become a barrier to its pain,
To let peace wash away its terrors?
Or would you let it break and engulf
Into nothing?
If you saw a flower,
Would you close its eyes
Because a damaged flower is undeserving of love?
Or would you let patience and kindness
And empathy blossom its petals
Into something destined
To give meaning to a world so
Full of hate?
By Nikita Kanjani
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