ලන්ඩනයේ සිට මුදා හැරෙන ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය කවි සරණිය

A Butterfly and a Man

A Butterfly and a Man

E.W.S.Nayagara
2022-June

A butterfly flies to a flower garden,
That butterfly begins to drink nectar from a flower to quench his hunger,
But after drinking enough nectar, He no longer drinks too much nectar from any flower,
He saves them for someone else and flies away…

But
After few moments ,

A man goes to pick flowers in the same garden,
He picks flowers, He picks as many flowers as he needs until his basket is full,
But even after the basket was full of flowers, Even after his need is met,
His desire never ends, He thinks,
“This beautiful flowers withers on the tree itself, Therefore all the flowers should be plucked”
With that in mind,
He picks all the flowers without leaving a single flower for anyone else…

Why do people have so much greed and selfishness??