Thistle

I am like a thistle amongst roses

Standing out a like a sore pulsing purple thumb

The green stem is ugly and spiny

Compared to the roses’ complex woody green bark

Forest green bark interweaving together as they climbing to the top

Differentiating in astounding colors:

Reds, Whites, Pinks, Yellows, Burgundies, Mosses, Oranges, Pale Peaches, and Purples

Protected by their beige-tan thorns

Draining each other’s nutrition

People enjoy those stunning, vivid flowers

Roses are unlike me

Pale roots grounded deep into the brown almost black soil

Growing straight toward the orange-yellow blistering sun

Blossoming a magenta afro on top

Pulling fluffy magenta flowers out of the soil is most common

Most think of it as a weed

Some cherish this simple purple flower

Using the medicinal purposes

Seeing the translucent yet opaque flower as a garnish

Beauty of the magenta

Underappreciated is the thistle