CAN YOU !

Can you put the spider’s web back in place

That once has been swept away?

Can you put the apple again on the bough

Which fell at our feet today?

Can you put the lily cup back on the stem,

And cause it again to grow?

Can you mend a butterfly’s broken wing

That you crushed with a hasty blow?

Can you put the bloom again on the grape

And the grape again on the vine?

Can you put the dewdrops back on the flowers

And make them sparkle and shine?

Can you put the petals back on the rose?

If you could, would it smell as sweet?

Can you put the flour back in the husk

And show me the ripened wheat?

Can you put the kernel back in the nut,

Or the broken egg in the shell?

Can you put the honey back in the comb

And cover with wax each cell?

Can you put the perfume back in the vase

Once it has sped away?

Can you put the silk back on the corn,

Or the down on the catkins gay?

You think that my questions are trifling, friend,

Let me ask you another one:

Can a hasty word ever be unsaid

Or an unkind deed undone?

                                                                                             -AuthorUnknown

SOULAND ESTATE - Valnur, Coorg

This is a poem that i found in an old book with no cover in the attic of the house ( pictured above) that i grew up. Amongst a whole bunch of old mags and books - this brilliant piece of poetry was found n we put the same paper in a frame. something so nice - something to ponder .... ...............