Jami Patterson Poet Narrative

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3/19/2026

Blueprint and Bloom

The ink is dry upon the vellum sheet,
Precision lines where every corner meets.
A calculated world of steel and stone,
Where logic carves a kingdom of its own.

But through the cracks, a stubborn green appears,
Defying all the measurements of years.
A tangled vine that does not know the rule,
The uninvited guest, the nature's fool.

One seeks the stillness of a sterile room,
The other thrives within a crowded loom.
How can the compass and the drifting seed
Find common ground for any mutual need?

The wall is built to keep the chaos out,
To silence every petal's quiet shout.
But roots are patient, heavy with their toll,
And structure cannot cage a lawless soul.

We stand together in this ruined space,
Two opposing truths in one embrace.
The grid is shattered by the rising thorn,
And in that wreckage, something new is born.

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