Be(2)

U stand here Embodying a beauty so often ignored Three words having been said to you too often Yet not often enough You grow riper and riper Hoping to be cared for not picked Existing amongst the thorns and roses In such a vast garden Stuck so firmly within the soil With such confusion as to your roots And your reason for being Not believing what you’ve been told But being unable to forget But never forget This is a truth for you and us all As purpose is chased by us all And simplicity is put to the corner of our lives Keep your place amongst the famine Stand as a monument to existence Keeping your spring throughout each winter visit Bud and support new life Then marvel at the beauty of your own forest Passing on more than shape Shelter your own from the harshness of the jungle Then prepare yourself for the thunder Then with a strike of lightening fall Having been