Did you ever Watch a tulip in a vase? How it holds up Its quaint, beseeching face Asking you to Return it to its place Within the earth? Be careful now Cruel, unheeding one, Can't you hear how It pleads in vain for sun And cooling rain Upon its bleeding brow? You, heartless one, You with the rough, hot hands That crush the life From small, life-giving veins Unfeelingly; You with unseeing eyes, Can't you even hear Those low, bemoaning cries? Hear -- understand? The soul of an angel lies Within your hand! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST THE REST OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN HOW THEY GO ON by JAMES GALVIN THE LIFE SO SHORT by EAMON GRENNAN |