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Rafflesia

Below sky that is azure In Indonesian forest lives corpse flower Its growth power Can be felt in its size for it is a meter wide flower It is red looks like pouring lava volcano with jar inside It is rare Indonesian forest is only place it will reside It has crown that looks like abrasive paper with large rocks protruding from the side The “rocks” look like they were surrounded by lava because its red dyed Although as a flower it is weird It is endeared It lasts only a week after it has first appeared But what it is just a pale reflection of is to be revered It is the primordial with no other word being able to match that definition Like a phantom unveiled by a magician That flower lives not in forest but it is surreal apparition But for many it is of hope true beacon

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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