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
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