Poem: Just As A Flower Withers

...to remind us
that EVERYTHING worthwhile
requires a little work...



Just As A Flower Withers


Just as a flower withers,
deprived of proper care,
so will love, neglected,
begin to fade away.

Needing only nourishment
- essential to excel-
still, sometimes the price
is more than we can pay.

Or more than we are willing …
more effort to extend…
more of ourselves required
than we’re prepared to give.

So love is left to falter,
to die from dire neglect
…just as a garden flower-
forgotten- cannot live!


June Kellum
2005


Photo:

Rose- 'Cary Grant'