Pay It Forward

A man came up to me one day

And asked, "Why are you looking so blue?"

I explained to him that I was white

He said, "No silly, your mood.

You look down

Is there anything I can do?"

He bought me a bite to eat

And some water to drink

Never did I get his name

But to me he will never be strange,

On my way home

I almost walked right past

It was his lucky day

For if I was not looking down

I might have squashed him in the ground,

I saw the beauty within

And knew right away

Like that man

He needed a friend,

One lone weed

Wilting away

In a desolate field

Surely he has not come this far

To be this frail

I think not

So a mile I walked

For him some water

Out of the wishing well,

We share the same

One, we're on common ground

For this is my land

And I felt as he did

Just not long ago

No hope left inside

Just withering away

Waiting to die,

Nothing to look forward to

So I did what the man did for me

It was now my destiny,

Every day I would bring water

And watched how this lone weed

A male weed I thought it to be

Until one day it expressed a beautiful flower

For only me eyes to see

A little water and care

The next day it expressed itself so soon

And showed me the most angelic bloom

So my new found friend

Paid it forward

When I went back to visit

The whole acreage

Was filled with such angelic blooms

It left me in total bliss

All I could do was sit

And shed a tear or two.

Author's Note

Kelsey: My inspiration for this one :)

Reviews

[Frieda P]

This is delicious, I could eat it up...love the abstract with the weed. Lovely simile, or is that a metaphor, I can never figure those two out....nonetheless, this speaks to me. I so believe in paying it forward. It's a delectable bite, this is. Like nourishment for the soul, thanks for sharing it with me. Sweet!

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you so much ~~ So glad you enjoyed it!

[Dalia]

WOW Tarry..
what a beautiful feeling you brought inside by your smooth style and the lovely idea of paying it forward, indeed the love given for free must be payed back sooner or later.
brilliant my friend :)

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you so my dear friend :)

[Dalia]

welcome :)

[marie]

brilliant:) i love it:) such a lovely story in this, great write:)

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you dear friend

[marie]

no problem:)

[David Scott]

Good deeds are always seeds that will bring happy tears.
I enjoyed this write. Heart warming.

[Tarry Franck]

Thanks so much

[Alyssa Carlstrom]

Wow. Your use of words flowed perfectly... I didn't get tongue tied like I expected. This is really great! After reading this, I encourage you to keep on writing poetry.

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you very much!!!!

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Love how you compared the weed to something beautiful....

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you - that's sweet of you to say

[Ahmad Cox]

Aww. So wonderful and beautiful example and metaphor. It truly brightened my spirit.

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you very much~~glad I could brighten your day

[Margarette]

You're really a great writer! I am really impressed with the topics behind your poems. You see, I was just studying a while ago about flowers and after reading these lines,

Until one day it expressed a beautiful flower

When I went back to visit
The whole acreage
Was filled with such angelic blooms

there really is a biological explanation for this one. Even the weeds are not induced for flowering but if one had already possess the developmental signals to produce flowers, all of those vegetative weeds will also flower in the end.

The story also possess the ideal lessons that makes a person think in the end. Principles were shared, feelings were strongly expressed and overall, a magnificent flow of the plot. I really love this piece and it will be my favorite!

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you so very much! And for the history lesson :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i wish more people would have this philosophy of paying it forward...rather than only reciprocating when someone does something for them...because of an obligation..

we need to take care of each other, because we want to...

what goes around comes around..
this is a good poem.

[Tarry Franck]

Thank you so much and I couldn't agree with you more. Do it from the heart not for the fame.

[Tarry Franck]

I attempted to befriend you but it say you already sent me a request and I don't have any requests from you :(

[jacob erin-cilberto]

stop by my page sometime, would like to get feedback from you also.

[Tarry Franck]

Will do :)

[Bitter Overdose]

Beautiful! Simply sublime. True poetry, to say, would be an understatement. The wording, the flow, the story. It's all really amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[Tarry Franck]

Wow - Thank you so very much :)