Roses ..

Ring like big, red and purple roses

bloom in garden galore, heavenly as Moses

Purple, Pink roses seem from era of yore

Rise tall together on the muddy floor

Birthday wishes and holy dishes, and for

making costly perfumes, the petals are squished

Nehru's pocket flaunted, looked royalty rich

For marriage garlands and for pyres you are stitched

Dissolved in holy water or in potpourri you float

Purity and sacred aura you connote

Thorny stemmed thy brethren, plucker beware

You too have life, so show some care