Little Flower

Little tiny flower in a little tiny pot

Are you not happy with life’s gracious lot?

Little Flower said to me in a voice most defiant

“If I had a bigger pot, I could be a giant!”

So I gave Little Flower what she craved the most

For I wanted her to succeed in her dreamy boast

She tried and tried and tried to grow but to no avail

Too sad an ending to Little Flower’s tale

So I said “What you need is not a bigger pot,

But a new place to live, say my kitchen window box.”

So I planted her once more and she fits in quite well

“Be true to yourself” is the story’s moral that I tell