the flower

I stooped
to observe a flower
its brilliant, radiant colors
shone like the sun

its petals shaped like
a star in the heavens
and with the depth of a valley

with tentacles like
an octopus
capped with seats
befitting insects

and with a smell like
nothing than to itself.

© 2009 - 2016 Thomas Hillman, from Mere Words Evoke, poetic expressions

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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~ Buddha

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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. ~ Gandhi

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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the earth laughs in flowers. ~ e. e. cummings

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~ William Shakespeare

Well we all shine on, like the moon, and stars, and the sun. ~ John Lennon

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