Eranthis-Etheree 2

Original Oh little Buttercup glistening in the cool morning sun. So delicate and small, how soft and fragile you are. Tenderly pushing through the soil, so eagerly you greet the new spring breaking free from your wintery prison. Your brilliant yellow cheeks always smiling. Dancing among the dry fallen leaves, peeking thru the fading shadows, your flamboyant show belies your quiet, cool nature. Oft feeling tread on, you firm your will sometimes life seems so... hard. 07/26/15 Revised Oh little Buttercup glistening in the cool morning sun. So delicate and small, how soft and fragile you are. Tenderly pushing through the soil, so eagerly you greet the new spring, breaking free from your wintery prison. Your brilliant yellow cheeks always smiling. Dancing among the dry fallen leaves, peeking thru the fading shadows, your flamboyant show belies your quiet, cool nature. Too soon your beauty will fade into tenderness, and once more your leaves will curl, and sleep will come within troubled dreams, as your leaves unfold, your petals will drop while the changed seasons take their toll, often you feel tread upon and you firm your will, sometimes, life seems cold and bleak and so very... hard. 09/26/16