Hibiscus
So smooth so cool, my hibiscus
Soothing, yet as blade is your life
Beauty mint white and red
Why do nations make you a symbol
And goddesses take you like rainbow
Warm heart this ornate plant
What’s hidden beneath that heart
Your funnel-shape and soft petals?
Trumpet shape you baroque flower
Depiction of a goddess on earth
Your warm temperate nature
That hearts seek to nurture
But wild flower your nature
Yet, heart of men desire
Life in complete symbol you are
Minds of men you hurt to marrow
Like stones to flying sparrow
These complications in nature
When you brought the mind succour
Makes hibiscus a woman
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