Weight Of Goodness

Last year we planted some lilies.
In our ignorance drenched them

With access fertilizer wishing to 

Have good flower growth.

With the start of the spring

The plants became green, 

With tops covered with buds.

May brought the heavy rains and storm.

I watched lilies bent all the way down.

Once the golden sunshine started to spread

I supported them with extra dirt.

Now the lilies are at full bloom

And bent again all the way down.

I watch the cluster of lovely flowers

And regret giving too much fertilizer.

Wishing and praying for the plants

To not break under their flowery weight.

Beauty and virtue,

Goodness and fruitfulness

Carry their own prolific weight.

Try not to burden yourself or 

Appeal to goodness of others 

Without giving them time to 

Become adequately prepared.

If led upon the path of goodness

Teach yourself to bend humbly

To carry that extra weight,

Like lilies bend with big flowers.  

Savita Tyagi

6.3.2019