[nukkad] THE ROSE

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Easy reading is damned hard writing. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864)
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THE ROSE
I've been buried in barren soil, 
beneath rock and refuse,
my roots so badly tangled
I fear that I'd be strangled
if excavated expertly
by even the most gifted gardner
and transplanted in dark, delicious earth.

I've been choked so often by frost and drought
that I would find it very peculiar
to be tucked into bed on raw April nights
and feel the fingers of sprinklers
tickle the ground above me
on an arid August afternoon.

And I'm not quite sure what I'd do
if I ever poked my head above the ground
and saw the light of day.
I'm afraid I've become
so accustomed to darkness
that brightness might startle me
back to the depths of despair.


But the rose has never failed
to open its arms to the sun
even after the coldest of winters.

by David C. Schrader




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