June 5

June 05, 2013  •  Leave a Comment

Budding Flowers

budding lily of the nileJune 5

 

 

I am thankful for budding flowers. I love flowers but a flower bud shows the unrealized promise of the flower to come. And, I think the buds in themselves are very prettty.

 

This is a photo of a budding lily of the Nile flower in my front yard, shortly after a rain shower, taken with my macro lens.

 

buds

 

we are all buds

i sometimes do readily think

underdeveloped and young

but with potential on the brink

encased in a protective cover

we are hidden and guarded

'til that time we emerge

after being disregarded

but then we pop

and finally break free

and our full beauty to show

is there for all to see.

© rt tulley

 


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