Flower Through Concrete

Tender but small a flower
suffers under cracked concrete
in an airless dark place
pressured without space
Tender but small a flower
suffers under cracked concrete
in an airless dark place
pressured without space

Struggling towards light
crying with all might
in a lonely trap of wall
hoping one day to be free.

Never losing hope
day by day scratched
wounds of a struggler
the bravest one of all

Finally she reaches
the hope she preaches
in wings of liberty
in flights of everlasting love.

 ©Lynda Ferrer/2013