Amaryllis
Actually two of them
Were bought
Though quickly one of them died
In a clearance shelf
At Target
to raise one never tried
The remaining bulb
for five or six years
In varying stages of life
Almost succeeding
In doing it in
by horticulture most blithe
On the porch last summer it
put on two leaves
that were propped up lest they break
In the fall
In a makeshift Greenhouse
to see how much more it could take
Was not prepared for the
hidden surprise
All its deprivation had wrought
Two blossoms
The size of dessert plates
bold red,my breath it caught.
Never give up
Never say die
however feebly continue to try
The fruits of
Your labors may supersede
What your expectations belie.
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