Unfolding Bud

 Unfolding Bud 

by Naoshi Koriyama (1926– ) 

One is amazed 

By a water-lily bud 

Unfolding 

With each passing day, 

Taking on a richer color 

And new dimensions. 

One is not amazed, 

At first glance, 

By a poem, 

Which is tight-closed 

As a tiny bud. 

Yet one is surprised 

To see the poem 

Gradually unfolding, 

Revealing its rich inner 

self As one reads it 

Again 

And over again.

The poet want us to approach a poem like how we watch a flower bud open. Which mean we should be more patient. For example, they write, "Revealing its rich inner self As one reads it Again and over again". Which tells us if we are more patient we will see the flower bud reveal it inner self.