The Waiting Flower: Patience and Inspiration

There it sits the Waiting Flower

For some rain to give it power

The clouds stay light and the sun only shines

Yet no rain for the flower to dine

As days pass the sky grows dark

Lightning strikes but leaves no mark

The Waiting Flower cringes and cowers

But waits on, for the rain that gives power

The Waiting Flower weeps for rain

Its leaves are brittle without gain

But yet the Waiting Flower sees no trees in sorrow

They continue to wait for rain tomorrow

Following the trees the Waiting Flower waits

And finally the rain comes not being a second late

The Waiting Flower petals’ blossom and its stem grows

Years later, four waiting saplings are aglow

There it sits the Waiting Flower

No longer waiting…