Every flower petal <br />That gently falls to the ground <br />Or autumn leaf <br />Colorful in soft October sunlight <br />Is precious and profound. <br /> <br />Nothing or no one <br />Should escape human praise <br />Or fail to be appreciated <br />That offers us <br />The subtlest or most sublime beauty. <br /> <br />The biblical Joseph wept <br />When reunited with his brothers <br />And told that his father was still alive <br />So that the whole household of Pharaoh heard <br />Both his anguished and joyous wails. <br /> <br />I nearly wept myself, dear lady, <br />Upon seeing you for the first time <br />After surviving a long and flowerless season.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/timeless-beauty-like-a-dream/
