Firecracker Bush

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Firecracker Bush

  

My life is like a firecracker bush

 

exploding tiny red flowers

 

heart-lifting and lovely 

 

amidst rambling unlovely stalks

 

that seem to have little purpose

 

beyond the beauty of those firecrackers...

 

 

How I love those dazzling moments

 

of joy, adventure, excitement, insight,

 

those flashes of sweet contentment...

 

Truth be told I live for them—

 

tending and cherishing each one.

 

 

Yet, without the humble, modest stalks

 

patiently persisting against all odds 


when life turns dark and doubtful—

 

beset by battering winds and rain

 

 

could there ever be explosions of magic?

 

 

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