I'd like to nominate
Born of Sufferance by Wally. I enjoyed the inner meaning, smooth rhythms and rhymes and hope it'll receive a wider audience!
Good luck,
~Cleo
Born of Sufferance by Walter Schwim It's not about that desert bloom
raised from adversity
nor of its humble Eden stooped
in anxious piety.
Its all about a cryptic glyph
concealed by dirt and stone;
evokes the traveller’s weary smile
who treads this path alone.
It's crystal to an artist's brush,
eludes your poet's eye
yet softens at his brief caress
this calloused soldier's sigh.
Beneath each blossom's pretty smile
lie thorn and toxic bane
that shepherds knew could cure or kill
so heed their wise refrain.
"When strength is born of sufferance,
it wields a holy grace:
Do not mistake for weakness, friend,
the beauty of a face."
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