Friday 17 April 2009

Swan Song

So full of grace

she walks in beauty

on sun-drenched days

simply doing her duty


trailing white flowers

in full bloom

of a lazy spring

gone all too soon


with lustrous petals

all Nature’s creation

without any artifice

or Man’s manipulation


Soft, fine sand

between her toes sifts

doesn’t choke on

deadly seaweed drifts


she swims in beauty

with a curving waist

untouched, unbloated

by toxic waste


she dances in air

that’s fresh and pure

for fumes and poisons

she cannot endure


she soaks in beauty

with no allergic shock

by pollen, hay

or pink Holly Hocks


she faces the sun

beating down mercilessly

through an ozone hole

made so carelessly


she floats in beauty

with her lovely train

while she sheds tears

of never-ending rain


she sings of beauty

but will it last;

is Nature’s poetry

all in the past?


Sultana Raza

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