Transcendence

By Lauren, Year 10

amidst the tranquil sea, 

through the dim forested trees, 

over the fringe where the rocky mountain ranges are, 

lies a 

tall

ugly 

weed from afar.

a weed with extending roots, 

a kind of shoot with mundane attributes. 

shunned, rejected, isolated…

was it constantly left separated?

however… 

it preferred to be a deformed beauty, 

than a delicate flower. 

something sweeter 

and a little less sour. 

behind the thorns and the spikes,

reveals an ethereal wonder within. 

as elegant as a gem and

as expressive as its stems. 

its everlasting freedom guaranteed, 

the 

     long

           lost 

                 puzzle 

                          pieces 

resemble,