Daffodil

I'm fragile like a daffodil... more powerful than you.

Daffodil

I'm tougher than I look.
My raw thoughts concealed.
My throbbing heart hidden
behind my sunny smile.

I'm fragile like a daffodil
blooming on my grandpa's grave.
Pick me and I'll flower again.
I'll bloom on your grave too.

I'm tougher than I look.
My raw thoughts concealed.
My throbbing heart hidden
behind my sunny smile.

You thrive
surrounded by your sycophants.
I survive
cocooned in an afghan all alone.

You pluck the blooming beauty
then let it die.
My roots delve deep into Life's soil
I create it.

I'm tougher than I look.
My raw thoughts concealed.
My throbbing heart hidden
behind my sunny smile.

I'm the weed
growing in your marble crack,
silent words
scrambling through your rock-scree brain.

I bend
before the wind you can't control,
hold close
the hidden wisdom you eschew.

I'm more powerful than you.

I'm tougher than I look.
My raw thoughts concealed.
My throbbing heart hidden
behind my sunny smile.

I'm only a daffodil,
more powerful than you.

© Kåre Enga (29.august.2025)

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