Flower of Paradise
Show up sweet flower
Where have you been
I’ve searched the garden
All shrubs and trees
Even asked butterflies
If they have seen
Beautiful colours
Brighter than their wings
Asked honey bees
They’ve gathered from it
The sweetest nectar
Heavens could dream
Asked the wind
Has it sniffed anywhere
A whiff of a fragrance
Sensuous and faint
They all said
It just can’t be
A single flower
Can’t have everything
But know you’re there
Hiding from the world
Waiting for me
To hold you and caress
And kiss the sweetest
Nectar on earth
As the fragrance wild
Lulls me in a daze
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
