I found a flower across the way
as pretty as can be
it had flourished in it's enviroment
and blossomed naturally
i picked that flower blooming
and took it far away
set it in another land
to see if it would stay
it took a while for it to strike
for dormant did it stay
and as it suffered from within
time would have it's say
for slowly and surely
it strengthened every day
showing glimpses of it's beauty
from it's land far away
it overcame the heat `
from the torturous sun
it darkened in it's colour
from the life it had begun
it overcame the barreness
of nurturing from the past
and grew terse in it's resolve
to endure and outlast
it overcame the ignorance
of people who did not care
it's beauty and it's colour
was always there to share
although yet to bloom
it set it's roots down deep
and absorbed all that offered
for it's place it yearned to keep
it learned of the seasons
as they did arrive
it absorbed with tenacity
it's willingness to survive
for deep within it's soul
it had an unknown depth
a knowledge and understanding
from the hardships that it kept
now i look upon you
and with admiration i can say
your blooming with a beauty
with the honesty that you pray...........