not soft petals crushed
by the unmistakable weight
or pounding rains
not unfurling tendrils
of diminutive growth
trampled underfoot
above a wind
then a calm
beyond dryness of drought
burnt by the sky
and past the fury
of what still stands
by design
not with brief scent
of an orange lily
or splintered sapling ghosts
but with nature's
force and fervor
and of the earth
from which they grow
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