What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
Minor circumstance to major accomplishment; a flower’s life so short in comparison to the joy it brings.
“To be a Flower”, as Dickinson writes, is a “profound responsibility.”
Oh, the burden on those first blooms of spring – the Daffodils and the Tulips – striving to remind us there is hope after a long, harsh winter.
Unselfishly attention seeking, April’s flowers remind us there is colour worth waiting for. And more soon.
04/23/2023 j.g.l.