Grown From The Ground

Grown From The Ground

Last year
we grew our roses —
three plants in three pots —
in good sized planters,
perhaps holding three cubic feet of dirt.

Our roses bloomed,
like this above,
to our delight.

But the blooms barely lasted a day or two,
a blink or two,
despite our devoted watering,
and well, adoration.

This spring
we transplanted our potted roses
to the more spacious
ground and beds near our front steps.

So many more blooms!
More fully and
much more lastingly,
beckoning red for a full two weeks
and offering follow-up new buds so readily.

Perhaps we all need ground
for our more voluminous flowering,
some room for our roots to spread and beckon.