[February 3] [Original] Harsh Ground

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Title: Harsh Ground
Day/Theme: February 3/Blossom to blossom to dusty blossom
Series: Original Poem
Character/Pairing: N/A
Rating: G
Word Count: 122



Harsh Ground

If I must bring flowers
(And it seems I must)
Let me bring the ones
That grow beside the road
And have struggled to live.
There is no story
Behind those carpets of pastel blooms,
And though there is poetry in roses
It is not the sort of lyric
That I want to recite to you.
Let me bring you hard-worn flowers,
That have sprung up in harsh ground.
Because a hot-house may preserve
A fragile love,
A love cultivated,
And easily defeated.
But our hearts are won
Through work and truth
Through bare need and fulfillment.
When I bring you flowers
(And it seems I will)
Let them be those that know
The real air and sky and cold
Yet grow.