You Are Stronger Than You Know

Toril & Tully Collaboration "Beety Babies" 24 x 36

You are stronger than you know

The rain may drench you to the core,

the winter wind may whisper

that you are not worthy,

the snow and ice may envelope your heart

You are stronger than you know

Beneath your battered form,

your roots grow deep

Reaching for nourishment,

Sustaining you in the drought,

Anchoring you in the flood

so that when the sun shines

you may lean into it and grow

You are stronger than you know.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Artistic Interpretations With Margaret, Art With Toril

Nature Bestows Strength

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Nature bestows strength on her children

Sometimes, we listen to the quietest voice

and the delicate flower is the most tenacious

Every living thing strives toward growth

Struggles to survive even the unsurvivable

Nature bestows strength on her children

Within the grinding chaos and nattering chatter

A breeze whispers through spring grasses 

Sometimes, we listen to the quietest voice

Storms bring down the grandest oak

A lone blossom pushes through a littered sidewalk toward the sun

The delicate flower is the most tenacious.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Play It Again Toads #13, Hedgewitch's Cascade Challenge