Petals

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Petals

• by Amy Lowell

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Life is a streamOn which we strewPetal by
petal the flower of our heart
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The end lost in dream,They float past our
view,We watch their glad, early start.
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Freighted with hope,Crimsoned with joy,We
scatter the opening rose
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Their widening scope,Their distant employ,We
never shall know. And the stream as it flows
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Sweeps them away, Each one is goneEver beyond
into infinite ways.
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We alone stayWhile years hurry on,The flower
fared forth, though its fragrance still stays.
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Lowell shows the connection between flower petals
and human relationships.
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Life is a stream
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On which we strew
Strew litter, fill, cover, mess up
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Petal by petal the flower of our heart
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The end lost in dream,
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They float past our view,
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We watch their glad, early start.
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Freighted with hope,
Freighted goods carried by a vessel,
a burden, a load
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Crimsoned with joy,
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We scatter the opening rose
Scatter to distribute loosely by or as if by
sprinkling
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Their widening scope,
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Their distant employ,
Employ put to work to put to use or service
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We never shall know. And the stream as it flows
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Sweeps them away,
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Each one is goneEver beyond into infinite ways.
Infinite no boundaries or limits
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We alone stay
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While years hurry on,
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The flower fared forth, though its fragrance
still stays.
Fared to get along to happen
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