Hello Tulips

Hello, Tulips

Hello, tulips, don't you know; stocks today are very low?
You appear so bright and glad; don't you know that trade is bad?
You are just as fair to see; as you were in times when we
Rolled in money. Tell me how; you can look so happy now.

Hello, tulips, white and red; gleaming in the garden bed.
Can it be you haven't heard; all the grief which has occurred?
Don't you see the saddened eye; of the human passer-by?
By his frowning, can't you tell; things have not been going well?

Hello, tulips, in the sun; you are lovely, every one.
But I wonder why don't you; wear a sad expression, too?
Can it be you fail to see; things aren't what they used to be?
This old world is all upset; why don't you begin to fret?

And they answered me: "Hello; nothing's altered that we know.
Warm the sun and sweet the rain; summer skies are blue again,
Birds are singing and we nod; grateful tulip prayers to God.
Only mortals fret and strive; we are glad to be alive."

1984 Easter Ideals, written by Edgar Guest