Flower

Turning inward, shriveled petals
Seeking the nurturing power of loving
Words never spoken

You are beautiful and you are loved.

Small, powerless, wilted and bent
Deprived of sustenance needed to grow
Into magnificence

You are beautiful and you are loved.

Feeling the sun, receiving its grace
The wind whispers the secret through
time and space

You are beautiful and you are loved.

Buds unfurling to face the day
Stem stands tall, confidence blooms
She rises up and she knows

She is beautiful and she is loved.