Beauty amid thorns

A flower on a bed of thorns

Is not of beauty shorn

To reach it is the true test

Life always challenges the very best

These posts expanded beyond the blog, went onto Twitter, where friends generously shared their flowers; these are posted here with their permissions. As usual images are theirs, the descriptions mine

From Shashib 

A beautiful orange cluster

A circle with enough luster

Glowing so bright

A competitor for sunlight

From Deepak

What flower this is, I do not know

The purples, really do glow

Sunday morning, bright and clear

Life slows down, as a little rest is near

 

From Sai Vishal

Bunches of flowers on a shrub

Make the garden a thriving hub 

Colors pleasant for the eye to see

Adding to the Sunday morning's glee

From Gautam Ghosh

In shades of pink

Lies my love

Forever blossoming

In your happiness

(Lines courtesy: Sai)