Here,
let me tell you
a story.
When I was a little boy,
a flower grew
in the countryside
of my village.
We called it
‘la flor hermosa y humilde,’
the beautiful, humble flower.
Beautiful in it's brilliance,
humble in it’s appearance,
it made it’s way
to one place for a while,
then another place for a while,
dancing
to share it's beauty
with many people
in many places.
Now,
I have a boy
who saved the seeds
from the beautiful, humble flower,
and he is of the mind
and heart
to plant them
in the waiting earth.
His dancing
is the beautiful, humble flower.
He
is the flor hermosa y humilde.
- Trevor Scott Barton, Ordinary Time, 2019
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