<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360190" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Efflorescent Catch</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m in a garden, amongst the blossoms, <br>alive with floral scents and insects in flight, <br>I am one of those delicate rose buds, <br>so I open my soft petals to the sunlight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet the wild world is harsh, <br>I am fondled by a pollen seeking bee, <br>so I shyly fold my petals over my pistil, <br>to keep at bay the demons from the apiary.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the breeze I elegantly sway, <br>brushing my petals with your fingertips, <br>plucking me from the sea of floribunda, <br>cupping my corolla, you raise me to your lips.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You take a breath and inhale my floral aroma, <br>filling your lungs with a sweet desirable smell, <br>but you don’t cast me back down to the ground, <br>for I’ve enamoured you with my alluring natural spell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Taking me home you plant and place me in the soil, <br>to grow, protect and nurture me in to full bloom, <br>providing me with all the light and liquid warmth I need, <br>saying that I give your house a delightful boon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am the central piece in your glorious abode, <br>glamorously displaying me to all those who venture round, <br>you carefully caress my stem and stroke my leaves, <br>and affectionately water my roots in the ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I begin to wilt or I prick you with my thorns, <br>you always provide support to keep me upright, <br>laughing and smiling as you suck your bloodied thumb, <br>until I stand phosphorescent from your sunglow every night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Dale+Mullock">Dale Mullock</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=360190" data-title="Efflorescent Catch de Dale Mullock" data-description="I’m in a garden, amongst the blossoms, alive with floral scents and insects in flight, I am one of those delicate rose buds, so I open my soft petals to the sunlight. Yet the wild world is harsh, I am fondled by a pollen seeking bee, so I ..."></div> </div> </div>

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