Splendid
If you were to grab a rose
by its gentle red petals
and tug it out've the ground
you would see
the clotted dirt
and tangled roots
and you would realize
that the beautiful
soft petals
would not exist
without the horrid roots
The same is true
with people
without
wars
death
heartbreak
and other ugly things
we would not blossom
into the splendid creatures
that we are.