Pinwheels

Do you know what you will become?

little stem, barely with leaves

You've broken through the surface

only to realize how much more there is before you bloom

You see the others, already with their arms stretched wide

as their petals gleam and bask in the light

You celebrate their blossoming

As envy consumes your heart

like a weed drowning out all life... all joy

Will you dance in the sunlight?

Shine the same way?

Only able to love yourself

based on another's earned lens

My little stem, do not forget your roots

the foundation who carried you this far

Who pushed you up through the soil

Whose dreams you now stand

For there is beauty you possess now

as your petals form and shift

Like bright neon pinwheels giving voice to the wind

Changing and transforming

already containing the beauty of the Creator

Grown from within...