The flower greets the new day with
petals opening to the summer breeze.
Innocent is the flower whose
petals are envied by all others.
The flower stands alone with
petals welcoming bird and insect.
It is the mother and father whose
petals fly away with the children to play.
The warm summer breeze lifting these
petals higher and farther than ever before.
They are helpless and must rely
on the warm breeze to carry them.
Soon, the petals begin to lose color,
They begin to fade and fall
Towards the earth again
Where birth and death unite.