WRESTLE

 

feeble blemished stems, still

stretched to endless skies, lacking

sections of love-

 

that debuted incomplete, yet

the stand tall remained, through

the sketchy falling rain, and

 

the original hindered bulbs, showed

their own glory, and the glory shone

in the most unconventional, distasteful

 

way to the others, yet they pushed

forward in triumph, holding

distinct shades of unusual vivid light,

 

that failed conventional perfection-

they grappled and snared, through

the long expedition, presenting

 

their beauty to the world, and

the slivers and shards, created

from grueling spring storms, devised

 

another distinctive growth-

from the unjudging sun, the flowers

that dawned from the scanty bulbs, prevailed

 

perfectly

 

despite the laborious battle,

solely from their own wrestle.

 

A fan of Neruda, Emerson, and Dickinson (to name a few) -In the past few years, Mary has been on her own journey of discovery in reading and writing poetry, with the long verse being a favorite. She is a poet that loves to bring natural elements to her writing, hence her 2024 forthcoming picture book (poem) publication, Painting the Sky with Love (MacMillan Fall 2024) with an additional forthcoming piece in the Wild Roof Journal (July 2023 issue). In her spare time, she loves to dabble in different forms of poetry, spend time with family, travel, and paper crafting.

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