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                A Flower Falls 'Way                                      
                                                     
               Copyright (c) 1991, Joe DeRouen                           
                                                                         
               For Heather, on her birthday..                            
                                                                         
                                                                         
               A flower grown, blossoming bright,                        
               Reaching the sun on midsummer's night,                    
               Taken root in the soul's soiled earth,                    
               Shining today, to celebrate birth,                        
                                                                         
               Delicate flower petals so strong,                         
               Dancing to the wind's summersong,                         
               Rooted in rock it's soul flies free,                      
               'twas always as it were meant to be                       
                                                                         
               Love burns bright green it's stem,                        
               Worn so proudly a pink jeweled diadem,                    
               Compassion's water flowing to feed,                       
               Grown from the joy of a simple seed...                    
                                                                         
               And lo -  the image of flower fall 'way,                  
               Touched but once by the warm summer day,                  
               Heather, a flower, though yes may it be,                  
               A flower's beauty compares nothing to thee                
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