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David R
Poems
Apr 2021
Uncommon Bloom
There once was a rare flower
A bloom that flourished in shade
Few could see its power
And that's how it might have stayed
For its planter derived pleasure
From floweret's love for obscurity
And as a golden treasure
Delighted in the bud's soft purity
but within the perennial's gene
there was a cancerous spot
a desire to be known as queen
to be recognised and not forgot
so there came a well-meaning person
who beheld the bloom's beauty
and opened it up to light and sun
thinking he was doing his duty
he wished all to benefit from its sweetness
all be blest by its aroma
for he'd not appreciated its discreetness
true secret of its persona
for the secret of its pulchritude
of its grace and its allure
was its modesty in its attitude
which kept it chaste and good and pure
and so the flower that once was
a bloom of rarefied scent
withered because of one faux-pas
and its own malcontent.
many a winter and summer passed
since the flower had stopped blooming
as by-and-by it became overcast
other foliage, it subsuming
but slowly within the darkness again
it awakened and started thriving
this time it'd learnt to contain
detrimental want and driving
to let its nature bloom 'n flourish
while none knew its charm 'n grace
and its concealment would it nourish
in its small secluded place
for there are souls destined 'n made
to act as king or queen or ruler
whilst others must act within the shade
'n thus know their loving Jeweller
As car must have a steering wheel
an axle, brakes and engine
as a person has a heart and a heel
a brain, veins and tendon
so the world of souls contains
the hidden and the visible
and this world has many planes
of Unity indivisible
each soul is perfect and complete,
with radiance incomparable
and no soul need with other compete
for its uniqueness irreplaceable.
BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#pulchritude
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David R
UK
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