Life's A Flower Bed

The flower bed of life are
a mix of very delicate flowers,
their petals are easily blown away
with the slightest wind shift.

Like life, flowers are not always
rooted in fertile ground and they are
not always deeply rooted. In some
cases, their roots are shallow and
delicately planted in unproductive soil.

Life life, the rose, one of the most beautiful
of all flowers, it is attached to long
stems with penetrating thorns that
can and will inflict pain if not properly
handled.

I would suggest that like a flower bed,
careful planning of life soil should
be properly treated, the thought
process should be properly seeded.

Our direction should be properly
motivated and our intentions should
be deeply rooted, to ensure that we
are not deterred from our journey.

We are ultimately responsible for our
own flower bed. Whether it becomes a
bed of roses with painful thorns, or a
beauty that enhances our lives is the
question.

Have we become mature and advanced
enough to deal with the pains of growth
from the penetrating thorns of life?
That should be the question.

Poetic Verses By Gamaliel H. Gooding
Copyrighted 2011