A Flower and Someone

"Oh look! The stem has a bud!"

I hear the children say.

The sight is very clear

A new life is beginning.



The petals begin to bloom

On a warm spring day.

Someone is growing, I thought

Glad to see the world.



Flower fully opened,

I intended to pluck it but

Maybe it has not yet experienced

That life in this world has joys and sorrows.



A cold autumn night, I see

They start to fall.

I don't really know if teardrops mean

Happiness or grief when someone is gone.



Maybe it has fulfilled its duties

With the bees, butterflies, and birds.

Someone might be sent again

To give love and share it to all.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written in 1995

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