Flowers, Flames And Shadows Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

From shafts and leaves of purple-bronze
Scarlet-gold the lilies flower and flame
Taking stock from grounds of spoil and stones
To blazon beauty's spells to praise your name.

Young sister to the heavenly graces
Rich with nature's gifts of excellence
Your smile all ill-will soon erases
And speaks of sweet and kind insistence

That the living lily triumphs over weeds
And puts to rest decay's indignity
With wisdom, bravery and wholesome deeds
That quicken life with power and industry:

And you the best that summer brings to bear
Display the finest blooms from nature's care.