"in spite of"

one cold spring day,
skies full of rough rain,
a tightly budded blossom
decided to open.

rain pelted against
the inverted leaf
umbrella; virgin petals
struggled with their unfold.

though tattered, torn,
the bloom stretched open
with such hope as was
its nature and purpose.

`t. imaan tretchicovmanicova
17mar11
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