树叶

今天没有美丽的花送给你。只有这些漂亮的树叶。

Leaves

I do not have a flower
will these stripey leaves do?
Hidden there somewhere
a flower will someday grow.
Till then, will leaves do?

Leaves

There is beauty in leaves
if you care to look
examine and scrutinise
there is beauty in mundane things
in a simple life if we take an interest
instead of passing them by

Leaves

Today I leave the flowers on their own

and focus on these magical leaves
that cast a spell in my path and
stopped me from moving on
there is something written there
I need to know the stories that are written

The colours deceive me and I need
to unlayer the mystery to reveal what is hidden

Leaves

The colours were real. I saw them as they were, painted by the light and embraced by the magical reflections from the water. It was an ordinary Sunday when I set out looking for flowers. There were many familiar ones and the morning was rather ordinary until I happened to look in the direction of the ginger plants by the water's edge in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. From that point on, the leaves outshone the flowers!

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