The Flower Poem written in 2010 by Krystal Volney

 (Published in Archived Vogue Italia in 2013 and Frost Magazine in 2015- although my explanation is different here as it was really supposed to be that green is a color of jealousy Poetically & not because the leaves are filled with Chlorophyll, which is something positive in absorbing energy from light).

Written and published in 2010 by Krystal Volney and available in 'Cosmos and Spheres' poetry book.

East Winds Saint Lucia photo with hummingbird and flowers

CaymanNature- a photo of a hummingbird with a flower in the Cayman Islands

EncirclePhotos.com image of flowers on the 'Island of Flowers'- Martinique

The Hummingbird with a Hibiscus Flower in Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico as well as Guadeloupe

Butchart Gardens, British Columbia, Canada

RepeatingIslands photo of a flower with hummingbird in Dominica

Turks & Caicos experiences photo of flower with hummingbird

Flowers with Hummingbird from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

Istock photo of Hummingbird with flower in St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Hummingbirds feeding on Gingerbread Hill, Montserrat, Caribbean (tripadvisor photo)

THE FLOWER poem

Flower so bright,

Flower so new.

Why does the humming bother you?

Spending your time, wishing you knew.

Speak with honour.

Stand with dignity.

 

Suppose the humming stopped humming,

What say you?

Trees look down on you and say nothing.

Let your nectar stay sweet and let the sun delight in your fashion.

 

The wind blows alone but it feels your presence.

Its spirit feels the fluster of your petals.

Trying to grasp onto one. Just one.

Till it realizes that you stand firm.

 

Your leaves whisper sweet nothings,

Proclaiming your fun and varying colour.

Pretty with no inside jollifies the leaves when falling down.

Don't let whispers tell your time for they too want to see you fall.

 

The branches watch everything with intentions of mocking you.

They too want to see everything falling, leaves and all.

They see it fit to stand out in front of everything.

When the rain falls, they laugh to see you drained.

They dry faster more than anything.

But don't wilt flower.

Flowers are meant to stay beautiful.

 

By: Krystal Volney from “Cosmos and Spheres Poetry Book”

 (THE LIFE CYCLE OF A LEAF)

BRIEF SIMPLIFICATION OF THE FASHION POEM

 

About the po­em: (The ex­pla­na­tion and ex­tend­ed thought)

It refers metaphor­i­cal­ly in both tropical and temperate climates to in­di­vid­u­als (both wom­en and men) that are seen as the flow­er (with ra­di­ant petals and nec­tar).

'Spending your time, wishing you knew'-

Most flowers (people) care about others' opinions of them. The best way to handle that situation is to never care what others think while carrying on with your life.

'Your leaves whisper sweet nothings,
Proclaiming your fun and varying colour.
Pretty with no inside jollifies the leaves when falling down.
Don't let whispers tell your time for they too want to see you fall.' - Krystal Volney (The Flower Poem)

Connotation of this part of the poem-

The leaves are green illustrating en­vy in these sort of situations such as two-faced peo­ple with lines on them demonstrating backbiting per­sons.™

Although Sweet Nothings are usually seen as nice and flattering things said to others, the frenemy leaves do not actually mean what they say in this scenario. They do it because they are trying to fool the flowers into thinking that they are their true friends.

 

Green in this scenario demonstrates envy although the colour green in other cases symbolizes learning, growth and harmony.

'Pretty with no inside' can be elucidated through comprehending that each society has a different view of what is
'pretty' poetically such as the Padaung Hill Tribe (women) or fitness (men) because there are multifarious species of flower on the earth. The lines on the leaves are from two-faced envious (green) frenemies. 

Some people see bald-headed women or men as beautiful, others are attracted to dreadlocks or various types of hair, ectomorphs, mesomorphs, endomorphs, African, Mixed, Caucasian, Asian, and so on. 

Beware of the leaves. Most humans have haters so many people are like flowers in society but various types. Never feel envy or be jealous of another person. You are special in your own way, inside and out. Generally, men and women are like the leaves. Culture affects personality. Egotistical persons are more likely to have qualities of a leaf. However, even if you're not an envious or jealous person, it doesn't mean that the leaves will stop whispering sweet nothings or the branches would stop mocking. Egotism means placing yourself at the core of your world without concern for others, including those loved or considered as close, in any other terms except those set by the egotist. An egotistical person has become so ultimately consumed by his or her ego, that the entire view of the world and everyone in it is twisted. Egotism is the feeling of self-respect, cockiness or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride. 

Naturally, these sort of creatures are very competitive in nature and tend to be jealous or envious of others they feel threatened by. They do not wish well on others but are in proximity to them and are typically referred to as 'frenemies'. 

Without an inside representing nectar after the hummingbird has taken away the nectar or tried to sabotage the flower, the leaves become jollified as the seasons change.

The Leaves in Autumn: the green leaves are jol­li­fied when the flow­er has no more in­side which dis­plays the change from green to red and yel­low colour in au­tumn at the time of leaf fall, em­blem­at­ic for hap­pi­ness, pow­er and en­light­en­ment.™

The trees ex­press old­er and more 'ma­ture' in­di­vid­u­als who have been ex­is­tent for cen­turies( stress­ing on the ma­tu­ri­ty and ex­pe­ri­ence) or in decades (human life ex­pectan­cy with ex­pe­ri­ence at hand). 

The 'hum­ming' refers to the sounds of the hum­mingbird (although beautiful as well in many cases), which is metaphorical IN PO­ET­RY and in this par­ticular sit­u­a­tion for peo­ple who are attracted to the flower con­not­ing that it has both out­ward beau­ty and sweet nec­tar (sweet in­te­ri­or rep­re­sen­ta­tive in the world for flair, tal­ent, intelligence, great personality or just in general some­thing good about them based on per­ception), there will be talk (whether good or bad), en­vy ex­pect­ed, fuss and gos­sip as well in so­ci­ety be­cause of its rep­u­ta­tion. The dra­ma!!!

The wind deals with the cold-​heart­ed and lone­ly peo­ple in the world that de­sire to feel the en­er­gy of the petals. 

THE FLOWER IS OFTEN MOCKED BY THE BRANCHES BECAUSE FLOWERS ARE PRESENT EVERYWHERE AROUND THE PLANET so they think like William Shakespeare's aphorism, "All that glitters is not gold". The branch­es deal with those who are rough in men­tal­i­ty and ruth­less that are not blown away by physical or inner beau­ty in people as that can be found in most individuals everywhere, (often attract­ing and entertaining friends such as snakes that coil and wrap around them).

 

The leaves are always whispering and hoping that the flower will fall as well.

However, in the end it ought not fall apart. The sun is the star of the so­lar system delighting in the fashion of the flower and its poise in Spring.

(This was the first fashion poem written in the year 2010 by Krystal Volney)

© 2010 Krystal Volney