This flower in the gutter now <br />Is standing there alone, <br />So lonely and forgotten for <br />No love has it been shown, <br />A seed once fell upon the ground <br />From which this flower grew, <br />And though it looks so pretty now <br />Such trials it has been through. <br /> <br />It's struggled in adversity <br />Survived there for so long, <br />And poisoned yet it grew again <br />Its will to live so strong, <br />The soil is thin and dusty and <br />Its roots aren't very deep, <br />It doesn't get much water yet <br />Its beauty it does keep. <br /> <br />And no one seems to notice it <br />Unseen from passers by, <br />And no one seems to care if it <br />Should live or it should die, <br />This flower in the gutter now <br />Still standing there alone, <br />So lonely and forgotten for <br />No love has it been shown.<br /><br />ANDREW BLAKEMORE<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-flower-in-the-gutter/
