Cornflower submits
to Time’s deadlines
so, why am I always
gasping to catch up?
Is it strength, or failure
to amplify pressure –
expectations set on high?
Oh, to be a simple flower.
(Photo my own).
To Be a Flower
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The write up is amazing and the capture is absolutely beautiful. Well there is nothing wrong in trying to catch up with your expectations. Keep posting more such interesting write ups and pictures. Well, don’t forget to go through my articles as well and drop in your valuable feedbacks with me.
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A gentle reminder we all need sometime. Thanks for writing!
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Thanks 🙏
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Pleasure 🙂
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Ooo, this is profound… Maybe strength *and* faliure? Or strength and cost? ..Both/and, to be held in dynamic balance while we have agency? Will think on it more, thank you! 😀
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Yes, both and…I have to keep reminding myself that. Thanks so much.
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You and me both!! Next time it’ll be your turn to remind. 😉
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I think being simple and honest is the easiest thing. No problems in the longrun.
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Agreed, Indira.
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Reblogged this on The Drama-Free Club.
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I’m going through that feeling too- of not doing enough. Thank you for this reminder of flowers.
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We are so hard on ourselves – forget to give ourselves time to bloom. Thank you!
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Perhaps having a mind complicates things! Beautiful and thought provoking, VJ.
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I know my mind complicates things, lol. Thanks.
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Mine too, VJ! You are welcome.
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Botany poetry. Very nicely done!
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Thanks 😊
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Welcome! 🙂
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If only life could be simple! Mankind seems to enjoy making it complicated.
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Amen to that!
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I love your description of the flower’s acceptance of the end. We as humans live many of their lifetimes. No wonder we become exhausted. A beautiful, thought-provoking write VJ ☺️💕
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Thanks Christine
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A simple poem about the peace of a simple life, a life that offers beauty. You make me smile.
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Thanks LuAnne.
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I do think that it sure would be nice to be a flower! ❤
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Thanks, but I think you are already a unique bloom, Carol Anne,
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You are too 🙂
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So many lessons we can learn from nature. This is a poem to revisit regularly to put perspective in check.
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Thanks so much Heather!
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You’re welcome.
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Well, I think being simple is an expensive attitude to nurture.
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Do you? Interesting perspective. One of my religious studies prof’s said that the simple man is closest to God.
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So true 😌
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I know the feeling.
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😊
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