Cherishing your beauty

As I look at you

I know

I believe you are

here to grow,

and as is true of natural things,

there is a depth

your beauty brings.

There is richness in the view

I enjoy immensely

when I look at you.

A story there

in your beautiful colour

the iridescent of your red,

your golden heart

so visible to

all of us

who look at you.

And all those years

you stayed in place

when the common Elm tree

took your space,

your light, moisture and sunshine

and yet you are

just so divine.

Years and years of staying there

and then they made a parking lot,

the Elm tree went,

the ‘big rains’ came

and your Deva is dancing again.

What I see

when I look at you

is how ‘surrender’  guides us through

some big challenges along the way

and yet, in the mist today

now here you are,

my cherished, Camellia.

(Written on August 11, 2013 in the misty morning with a single red Camellia)