Desert Rose
Russell Anderson 1962 (San Bernardino)
How, in the harshness of this place
Is such a thing as this alive?
It has survived
Earth’s hardest slap on the face
And does this flower think it, too
Is like that which is all around?
Dry, hard, unbound
Attractive only to a few
Or does it know that it possesses
Beauty, both obvious and retained
In wind, sun, and rain
The desert heat it caresses
You are this rare desert bloom
And know not your power, I suppose
My sweet Desert Rose
To enter hearts where there is no room
About this poem
This is the first poem I wrote (circa 1995). I wrote it for my soon-to-be wife, Patti. I was trying to compare the really tough circumstances of a Desert Rose to the really tough life that Patti had experienced up to that point. And, ask the question, is this why they can effect people in a way that those who had it easier cannot.
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