The Lonely Lily-Pad [A Poem]

The lily-pad lay on top of the water,
She bobbed up and down with each wave in order
To show off her skills and beauty to others,
But they didn’t care and just downright ignored her.

“What is it,” she asked herself one day,
“That makes all the birds and the frogs go around
My beautiful skin and head off to seek more?
Am I not enough?” Though at times she was sure…

That she’d tried very hard and done all that she could,
To be better than just a floating piece of wood.
She realised she might need to do something more,
To be the one lily-pad they all adored.

It wasn’t until one day, when she asked
The animals why they all had to walk past
Her lily-pad skin, that the frog finally spoke
And said, “You’re not a pad, you’re a regular leaf!”