The Unbending Bloom
Flowery hearts like patches of rainbow Along the stone-paved road, though An Orchid among dead grey stone Arrogant, tall and alone Shunned by her companions Trampled by white stallions But relentlessly she stand her ground
Flowery hearts like patches of rainbow Along the stone-paved road, though An Orchid among dead grey stone Arrogant, tall and alone Shunned by her companions Trampled by white stallions But relentlessly she stand her ground
The poem sets two pictures side by side. Along a stone-paved road, flowers bloom in bright clusters, like patches of rainbow. Among them, and against the dull grey stone, stands a single orchid, tall and apart from the rest.
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