Never Try

   

Never try
to open a flower.
You might ruin it.
But you knew that.
Let sun and rain
have their way with
every petal.
Be patient and watch.
The flower I speak of
is your soul.
But you knew that.
And the power by which
you knew at once 
that this poem 
is about you, 
is the green force 
that opens all
living things.

Photo: Peter Shefler