June 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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