100 Themes Challenge - #2 - Love
Love is like a magical plant
It starts out a seed
You choose the exact right one
You plant it gently, carefully
You fuss over it and nurture it tenderly
You stare at the earth day in and day out
Will it grow?
When the first leaves sprout you are so ecstatic
You nurture it and tend to it
Your life revolves around nothing else
It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen
You stare at it for hours
Will it live for ever?
It grows taller and suddenly there is a rose
A tender and fragile blossom
Growing bigger and redder every day
Still nothing else matters
Then the beauty of that one flower
Will there be more?
But eventually all roses grow thorns
If you are not careful you might get pricked
Your interest diminishes with every pain
The flower disappears behind the thorns
Will they go away?
If you can survive the pain
If you can see trough the thorns to the flowers
If you find it worth the effort to still nurture it
That one rose will grow into a rose bush
Albeit with thorns and all
Will you still hold on?
If you still stand strong after the chaos
You will find a miracle underneath the earth
The roots of the bush have grown
They are firmer, stronger, more stable
Something with potential to last forever
Will it blossom once more?
The road has been long now
Time consuming
Full with both joy and pain
But all good things come to those who wait
Patience is a virtue
Will it be easier now?
You do not have to nurture it as much as before
But if you leave it completely it will die
But if you treat it right
This bush of thorns will grow
Into a safe, magnificent tree
Will it bloom again?
All is calmer now
The tree stands firm
Growing ever larger and more wonderful
Tender leaves in soothing green
Delightful flowers in pink and white
Will you settle down?
The thing about love
When it is as old and grand as an oak
When you still nurture it
It doesn’t matter if all the leaves and all the flowers fall
Or the tree grows gnarly and ancient
‘Cause you know what?
The thing about love
Is that it’s the inside that counts
Stability and safety
Nurturing it every day
If you always remember each other
Your tree will always bloom again
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