Thoughts evoked by flowers

Feel the life of the flowers

hydrated by the rain

dreading the impending heat

living the moment

not thinking about the future

Exuding a love for life

Beautiful for now

Pearls, beads of tears

coat the petals while the flowers wait

Or perhaps they do not

for flowers do not worry

 

They shed their temporary persona 

of being flowers when the time comes

To assume a greater responsiiblity

to perpetuate its kind

A duty that bears fruit when the flower disappears

and I move on to look for other flowers

 

Still enjoying their youth

that are at their most attractive and most alluring

Sweet, subtle fragrance exudes

from this natural bouquet

 

 Their distant cousins beckon me on

I admire their differences

 

And I paused to take

a photo of someone's imitation of grass

beautiful in its own way

 

then moved on to go home

and leave the greenery of this park