Sometimes I think it’s funny
That I can relate most to a little flower
Even in the darkest darkness
Trust is the flower’s greatest power
A little flower doesn't need to understand trust
It bases trust on faith alone
Because you have to trust in order to grow
Even if the world and the bees drone
In the shadows a flower sways
A gentle breeze means life is never still
Even if a huge gust of wind comes
Inner faith gives life to extraordinary will
I’ve always thought you have to experience
Bad times to appreciate the good
A little flowers battles stormy weather
As it grows from seed to bud
Through mist and through dense fog
A little flower can stand strong
Its vision is not blurred by the world
It just knows that it belongs
We are all born into this realm for a reason
Are flowers born to make us smile?
It’s amazing the power of a little flower
Even if their beauty lasts only a while
In life that outward beauty never lasts
But beauty and faith never die
A memory of a moment, a smile
Means more even after goodbye
Eventually a flower will face death
Outwardly it will be withering away
But its memory lives in the person
Who smiled when they saw it one day
That’s how I want to be remembered
As someone who made people smile
Even as I get old and beauty fades
Smiles never go out of style
Flowers are master of their own destiny
Either they trust, live and grow
or else they don’t trust and don’t grow
and never live before they let go
When I open my eyes each morning
And sunlight creeps into my room
I make the decision to trust the world
Trust that it isn’t all doom and gloom
When I am safe and well at home
It’s not hard to trust those who are around
But its harder to face the unknown
Like when a head peeps up from the ground
Maybe I just wish I was like a little flower
Because it takes nothing yet it gives
But I think you have to take a leap of faith
If you ever truly want to live
Author notes
Poem 2 for Best Young Poet on Allpoetry final. I used all the words I hope
realm, shadows, open, darkness, mist, home, master, flower, sunlight, life, death.
I hope you don't think I'm crazy, wanting to be like a little flower. But the way that they grow has always fascinated me. When they peep their head up from the ground they don't know what they are going to face, so they have to trust they world before they can grow and when they do that they become something very beautiful. That's why I wish I was like a little flower. And I know some people just think flowers grow because of sunlight and nutrients and stuff but I just always think about things this way. I try and relate to stuff things even if they're not human. sorry if that's weird 
Written July 17th, 2006
A contest entry
- THE BEST YOUNG POET ON ALLPOETRY final by sanity.
1000 points, ended July 27, 2006, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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Wow, beautiful, thoughtful and creative!
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This is a great written poem. The rhyming is good. Well descriptive.
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You Rock!!!
I really must say I haven't read this quality of poetry from anyone ever! If I admires you before, this admiration has turned into absolutely loving all that you write and do!
And You certainly ARE the best young poet on allpoetry!
Your poems are so pleasant to read, it's the same feeling as when you finish school and the summer holidays start! Every time!
You Inspire me!!
Maria xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PS: You deserve many more applauses than I can give you today!!
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Thank you so much for all the compliments
I'm not sure I deserve all your kind words.. I'm just me 
but I really appreciate them. Your comments have just inspired me now! Thank you for all the clapping hands too! 
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You deserve it all!!
just for being you!!!!
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wow, congratulations on the gold !
I told you in my comment (almost a year ago
) that this was a clear gold-winner to me ...
so happy to see the realization of my thought ...
much love,
marion
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i love your spin on things, how you are able to see something as common as a little flower in a completely new and different way and share and live out the meaning and guidance you draw from it. wonderful imge of a flower peeking its little head out of the warm soil.
"When I open my eyes each morning
And sunlight creeps into my room
I make the decision to trust the world
beautiful and inspiring.
"That’s how I want to be remembered
As someone who made people smile"
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Well, I don't even know where to start...first, congrats on the gold trophy because you've written a fantastic piece here! After now visiting your author's page to see you are a mere ten years old, I must say my dear, you are a wonderful and truly talented young poet.
This piece is excellent! I love the whole premise you've used of a comparison of yourself to a flower. It's a lovely description and makes for fabulous poetry. You have a natural gift to share yourself inside your writing. I hope you always continue to write. I'm privileged to have read your work. You are a remarkable young lady.
Once again, I must say I'm honored to Hood-wink you on behalf of the Poetic Bandits! Keep the ink flowing and the fingers tapping!
~Lori
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thank you -Ink Artist-
thank you so much for the beautiful comment/hoodwink ! It means a lot to me... I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and share your kind words with me. Thank you for the congratulations too but the trophy I got for this means little to me compared to the prize I already got from knowing that people could relate to what I was saying 
ellie x
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this is a beautiful poem, and there's nothing at all wrong with wanting to be a flower, that I can think of .. I hope you blossom
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thank you AlmostMe
thank you soo much for the great comment and applause
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a lot of girls want to be a flower. From all you described in the poem you are indeed a lot like a little flower. This was a very pretty poem. Glad you got gold because of it!
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BEAUTIFUL
omg, I loved this!!! This was a beautiful poem and written wonderfully!! I think this shows your talent and that you think in a very great and interesting way. Good luck with your contest I hope you win because this is just an amazing piece!
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Beautiful piece
I don't think you're crazy, lol. Though if you were a flower you would never write poems, and you would never express your talent among other little flowers... You couldn't move. You would just be and endure, which is what humans do too, with more freedom though. It is a good debate, whether it is easier to be a human or a flower, and also whether it is better to be a human or a flower. I love how you linked them through trust, we are living creatures who have to trust the world around us.
Beautifully done, very thought-stirring.
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wow you ar a very good poet my siser read this too me becuse there were too many big words for me and it was so pretty i wish i was a flowr to lets be flowrs toghte
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thank you !
here are lots of flowers they are pretty like the words in your comment. You are a very good poet too ! 
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wow this is so beautiful and flowing! lots of big words in there...
this is a very philisophical poem and I think it's beautiful. background goes perfectly 
I'm so glad that you got the GOLD!!
~lise
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You are welcome and remember, if you ever need any help with anything just let me know, I am always willing to help if I can
Linda
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thank you for the lovely comment I really appreciate it
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This is just beautiful... you have taken the words that could quite definately been taken into darker realms and brought light and air to them... A truly unique poem... well done!!!
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well, ellie, if this were my contest, I would definitely award the gold-trophy to this wondeful and humble little flower. might many flowers like you grow in god's beautiful garden always ...
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You're not crazy at all wanting to be a little flower...I never thought about it but I think I wanna be a flower now! This is a very good message, good luck in the contest! It is amazing what faith can do...I liked this just so much!
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wow this was really good. metaphors are so my favorite in a poem and i hope you win the contest because as a poet you are so very talented. this poem was really great
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I like it, I am head over heals in love with metaphors. Some of the rhyme was a little inconsistent, but that didn't hurt this piece at all. I loved how smooth it flowed, and how the conclusion wasn't abrupt, it just flowed to end, leaving the reader in deep thought. Good work, you deserve a gold for this.
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hmmmm, I like it, it's interesting and unique. It's always good to make your poetry unique and have your own style of writing. Good luck in the contest!
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thanks for the lovely comment Dyl it made me smile
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thank you for the nice comment Goody two shoes
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Touching and good
You notice the little things. I like that. Keep up the good work.
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Ellie !!!! EJ !! hmm yeah I didn't know how to start the comment so I thought I'd write your name with exclamation marks after it. Mega amazing,awesome poem !! I always knew you were this good but even still you surprise me.. which is a good thing I think its so cool the way you think about the world.I never manage to see things the way you do until you explain but when you do I feel mega lucky Yeah I love it
love
Dyl
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thank you for the comment and for helping me notice a typo
I did mean to say "want"
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a very sweet and well done poem for a young poet, as well as a noble and sophisticated poetic subject. I would just say, "That's how I 'want' to be remembered." All the best, ea
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Beautiful Work....
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thank you so much for the nice comment and welcome to Allpoetry !! (AP)
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hi i am new to the site and am really in awe with the huge amount of talent hidden here.I really can't believe you are so young.This poem is really wonderful.The words seem very sincere and heartfelt.I am already your fan.
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Splendiferous
Ellie my dear, you could never be thought of as crazy... You are brilliant and have a depth that most adults I know could never possess... I know I probably sound like a broken record but I cannot remind you enough that you have a God given gift of expression but even moreso, you have a compassion and goodness of heart that puts us all to shame.
To be able to relate your heart's content to that of one of God's most perfect creations and do so with such eloquence proves to the world that you will always be a beauty to be reckoned with. It is your inner beauty that shines through in that beautiful smile you carry with you day in and day out.
Your encouragement and joy is what most people you know feed on. You are tantamount to a bottle of happy elixir; a medicine that one could never overdose on...
You are so very special, if not to everyone else, but to me. I aim to remind you of these words when you are all grown up:
"That’s how I wanted to be remembered
As someone who made people smile
Even as I get old and beauty fades
Smiles never go out of style"
and giggle with you cause you'll still be beautiful and you'll still be smiling!
A truely brill poem Ellie, beautiful in all it's glorious truth.
Love, Jen
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thank you for that beautiful comment I always love your comments in poem form
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Darling
Taking a camera say
let's record flowers ballet
how you rise up
to morning sunshine sup.
Then dance and play
and with winds sway
and finally upon twilight
bow low before night.
You are such flower
so delicate in power
you dance without guile
as I just smile.
Smoosh
Janet -
thank you so much for the lovely comment I really appreciate it and thank you for the applause too
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i am simply blown away by this
such a simple thought...to have the trust of a small flower...yet so profound...
i do not write in rhyme and seldom come across a rhyme done well. your poem is an exception...big time what an excellent rhyme you've accomplished...there is not one spot where i fumbled while reading.
i will simply applaud now
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Beautifully done - a wonderful garden you have planted - full of strength and beauty! The rhyme works well and structurally it reads well. Thank you.
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This is indeed a very specail poem, written so well with excellent flow and Rhythm. Hard to expect from a young bud like you Good luck.
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LOL Awwww, I thought this was adorable. I remember being a kid, no matter what horrid thing happend to me, every time I saw a flower id smile, there just warm and friendly and inviting. This was a beautiful poem, I do hope you win .
God bless
Eternal
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thank you so much for the lovely and inspiring comment Sandi
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Flawless expression!
Oh ellie You are that flower that you so dream to be, in Every way, and Every day! So much intelligence written in each verse of this most sincere and awesome pen!
You never cease to amaze me with your insight at such a tender age. I wish you greatness in all your future pens, and the best of wishes in this contest!
love and many blessings Sandi
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beautiful poem
Beautiful and the purity of a flower as with many of mothers natures assets are so very peacefull with no cares or worries woulsnt the world be a better place without the troubles we live with on a day to day basis excellent write well done -
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i like painting non human things with human emotion, its fun. plants are amazing things anyway^^ flowers and plants are very facinating and i think you did them justice today. your symbolism is beautiful and i love the way you write^^ -
Hello Ellie, This is fantastic very long although it was great it had great detal and it was beautiful and very true i think that you have done a wonderful job my cousin Ellie fantastic... Awsome Job!
keep up the great work and keep writing more poems just like this very good! These types of poem is what grabs my attention because they are WONDERFUL........... EXELLENT...........
love you lots....
talk to you soon from Princess Paige xoxoxo
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Little Ellie, you have such an amazing outlook on life! Your poem was beautiful, as are you. Mareta
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amazing
WONDERFUL absolutely exqusite...13 verses of sincerity.You are a little flower darling, for you give everyone so much pleasure ...not only in your poetry but in life itself.
You never cease to amaze me in all you write and in the love you give to others.Good luck with the contest princess but wether you win or not you are a winner in my eyes.
love you lots and lots
Nanna Barbara
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thank you for the nice comment I really appreciate it
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aww such a sweet poem. Good comparrisons, with an even better meaning. Great job!!
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Your not weird at all...giving life to inanimate objects has a name: personification (sp?). Anyway, I like to think of flowers like this. God sent the animals, the plants, and the beauty down to earth from heaven when he created the earth right? (i'm sorry if you do not agree w/ my religion, this is just an opinion, no need to get fiesty or anything) Well, earth is a far cry from heaven so when a plant grows, it is growing UP to heaven reaching out to the perfect Lord who made it. I find it a superb reminder when i look at a royally huge tree. It has faith that the rains will come, the sun will shine, and no one will disturb him. I enjoyed your piece immensly.
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I completely understand what you mean by wanting to be a little flower.. I do not think your crazy...they have always facinated me too. No way is that weird....lol.
Good luck in your contest
I hope you win
xoxo
xxBOIxx
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