Flower From Fissure

Photo by Amina. Courtesy of the artist.

Beauty sprouts

through crevices

of hard concrete

and dark asphalt

in looming shadows

cast upon the street.

Beauty emerges

from fissures and girth

between brokenness

and hard places

from beneath

the fractured earth.

Beauty is arrayed

from fruits of spring

in flourishing green

and purple flowers

calling forth hope

in the proceeding hours.

Sometimes it is the little things

bringing forth beauty

sprouting from in-between

in the unexpected

and surprising places and time

bringing about joy sublime.

June 18, 2021, Robbie Pruitt