Why Flowers Bloom

You remarked
The anger
You deeply felt

As you
Unveiled yourself
In solitude

Would have 
Burnt to ground
A city, yet

You make
This anger flow, like river
Of joy

To quench
The thirst
Of a desert--

And, flowers bloom to delight our eyes
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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