Ugly But Beautiful

Ugly but Beautiful

P K Routray

“Eh Roseplant ! Are you crying for your thorny thorn?

when such beautiful flowers often you proudly adorn?”

“ No sir, flowers entice the passersby to come and pluck them,

in the process they maul me, batter me and break my stem.

Thorn only protects me from total annihilation at their hands

for me the thorns are beautiful, my gratitude their act demands.”

“Beautiful are your horns but your legs look sick.” “Oh Deer!”

“With such contrast the feelings of dejection can you bear?”

‘’ No sir, my horns trap me in creepers and prevents me to run

when chased to take my life by hungry lion and hunter with gun,

my ugly thin bony legs save me  from their clutch very often

they are beautiful to me and my gratitude to them are awesome.”

“Oh Crow! You are the ugliest creature and you everyone hates

“ But sir, without me cleaning your dirt human race will lose its trace.”