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Outside of civil man’s well tended garden, A field of briars willfully encroached, Threatening the peaceful flowers without pardon. Oh these gardeners fought hard as the briars approached. “You don’t belong here, you’re not good enough!” “You are snarled with iniquity and with thorns.” “You live a life so very harsh and rough…” “What good can you bring?” they said with deep seated scorn. And the briar replied that hot summer day, “Deep within these unforgiving boughs Lives a flower who doesn’t have much to say Except a story concerning what you espouse.” “You see there lives a dragon scorned just over the way, Who tossed opportunity and harbingers to the wind, Because life is glorious and he loves to play… Carefree and cavalier is how his days were spent.” “He playfully trampled gardens carefully tended, By pious gardeners without wings who would never fly, Until he happened upon a flower wonderfully scented, Crimson in color, the flower reflected beauty in his eye,” “Eagerly he reached forward to make it his own, But this glorious flower was protected by thorns, And gave the dragon a prick to change his tone, And it was in that prick that true love was born.” “Now the dragon is older and has spent his days, Watching over this rose, the love of his life, Learning about beauty and awe inspiring ways. His world now protected by thorn and briar.” “He has discovered great beauty and learned much, And no longer does the dragon destroy with fire.” “But should you gardeners even dare to touch A single branch or bough in this tangled briar…” “You will face both the Dragon and the Rose, Who with great love now protect each other, From pious gardeners who would have them go, Because neither can be kept on a tether.” “So snip your lilies and pluck your weeds, Make your lives as perfect as they can be, For in this harsh briar we continue to watch love grow, That of a magnificent Dragon and the beautiful Rose.”
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