Family Unity

By Val Camenish Wilcox

Individual flowers

In flamboyant bouquet,

Distinctive blossoms

Gathered to each other;

Fragments of fragrances

Focused to a single scent,

Slender stems strengthened

Into one firm stalk,

Yet this remains a tulip

And that a hollyhock.

So are we

Of variegated personality,

My delicate tint intensified

Against your vivid hue.

We complement each other,

Yet I am I

And you still you.

We, whose single strengths

Are of tender fragility,

May become a solid force

Through family unity.

Photography by Longin Lonczyna