Hail the Queen pigment of plants
The most preferred hue of foliage
Like the ancient creator your maker
You’ve reigned from days to ages
Queen Chlorophyll your majesty
Thy monarchy dominates perpetually
The xanthophyll vices your empire
The carotenoids and flavonoids cabinets in your dynasty
Your tint is melanin to Mother Nature
Your aesthetic looks offer peace of mind
Your greenery clothes the undressed lands
Your gentleness renders discipline to the rude winds
Long live your highness Queen Green
You fill empty stomachs of living things with fruits
Your kindness is shown when you provide them with shade
Your xylem allows the sculpture to produce flutes
Your pigment is a powerful weapon to those who love you
It wars against Carbon dioxide and monoxide
To decrease the deaths of living organisms
And fills the environment with oxygen to increase their life span
Great sorrow follow those who destruct you
You cause heavy rains and floods for them
You cease rains and form a desert premise for them
Indeed you wrap them with your wrath, hail Queen Green
This Poem was published in the May 2023 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.
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