Love Poem: Choose Not To Be the Flower
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Written by: Grace Watkins

Choose Not To Be the Flower

Choose not to be the flower
But choose the stem
The stem holds the bloom again and again

From the first bud unfurling 
To the last petal
Earth-bound hurling
The steps you waltzed with that one are forgotten  now
But next spring a new love will arrive
Once again the wind will dance you
And you shall feel alive

Teach shy petals to welcome the butterfly
They will carry your pollen unimaginably high

In the end you’ll loose her and all that she brought
Yet next season who would have thought 
An even more beautiful rose will arrive
Surely from dreams does her beauty derive.