LIKE A FLOWER IN THE SUN

Today I feel
Like crying.
I can picture
A better life
But it is so distant.
I try to reach out
And grasp the vision
Without success.
It’s slipping
Away from reach
Everyday.

My life’s like a
Flower in the sun,
Wilting due to
Lack of care and
Attention.
The flower
Can bloom again
With water and shade
Just as I can
With comfort and support.

Yes,
Things can get better
Like a flower in the sun
But it takes time
And cannot be
Achieved alone.

Human life
Is very much like a flower’s.
We start from seed,
Grow, blossom. Reproduce
And die.
We wilt if we
Are not cared for
Are we not all flowers then?

We can be whatever
We like.
Any flower,
Anyone.
We are unique
And all different
Like flowers

by Claire CH, 1997
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