Pink Flowers - Kathy Figueroa

Pink flowers by the window
Look so lovely in the sun
It’s a marvel they’re not in tatters
After the summer storm is done

Downpours and strong winds
That could devastate and shred
Only serve to make the flowers
Bloom more beautifully, instead

Kathy Figueroa
Pink Flowers was first published in The Bancroft Times newspaper on August 13, 2015.