Poetry: The Sky and the Belle Fleur

 

The Sky and the Belle Fleur

(The poem serves as a metaphor for human relationships. The sky represents warmth but retains the power to withdraw behind the clouds . The flower represents  exposure to confusion  when connection suddenly ceases. The Blue Sky is a distant protector, guide, and source of warmth. The Belle Fleur (beautiful fower)  is  vulnerable, innocent, and grounded in earthly life. Rain is a  Divine blessing, a shared joy, and emotional nourishment. Dark Clouds / Thunder: Sudden conflict, emotional withdrawal, or protective barriers.)

The vast blue sky, so big and grand,

Looked down upon the earthly land.

Where a belle fleur waved its hands,

And bloomed across the sunny sands.

It floated, bathed in golden light,

Beside its guide of blue and bright.

The watching clouds began to smile,

And gathered close to stay a while.

The wandering clouds shed the rain

To wash away each earthly pain.

The sky and flower watched together,

And danced in  the joyful weather.

Though miles apart, both low and high,

The little flower and the sky

Shared a steady, gentle glow,

That warmed the lonely earth below.

But suddenly the heavens shook,

As dark clouds hid the sky's bright look

The little flower stood alone,

and wondered, "Where  have you gone?"

Yet firmly rooted in the clay,

it chose to wait, and chose to stay.

It bowed its head against the storm,

and dreamed of skies both blue and warm,

And watched the graying heavens clear,

to see its distant guide appear.

One day

The heavy shadows broke apart,

And  warmth returned to soothe the heart.

The blue sky swept the dark away,

and looked below in deep dismay.

It saw the flower, bent and cold,

still waiting in the earthly mold.

It whispered through a passing breeze,

"I hid away to find my ease,

But through the walls of dark and gray,

My warmth for you was here to stay."

- Pankaj Mala Bhattacharya