by Josie Santomauro

You’ve been given a crop of daffodils to tend

They are growing wonderfully

Yellow, straight up, all in a row.

On the outskirts of your crop looking odd on its own

is a small purple daffodil

Do you really want this small purple daffodil amongst

your perfect yellow crop?

You could pull it out and it’s gone!

You could try to make it fit in

try to change it’s colour or make it grow as fast?

You could ignore it

But weeds may start to grow

it’ll become quite an eyesore

You could attend a ‘Different Daffodils’ gardening course and tend to it,

allowing it to grow at it’s own pace, in it’s own way.

You’ll be so proud of your special flower

Some days the purple daffodil may wilt

and you wonder where you went wrong?

It’s your duty as a gardener not to give up

or your special daffodil may shrivel up and die.

(Copyright 2004)