An Idle Flower

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Madison Barnes

What is a poem if it is not read

What is the news if it is not spread

What is a flower if it does not grow

What is a pitcher if they will not throw

What is a path if it is not taken

What is the salt if it is not shaken

Idleness never defines you

It’s when you move, then you are defined

However:

Some poems are dry

And news can mortify

Some flowers will wither

And some pitchers will shiver

Some paths will stop

And salt makes health drop

So doing is risky

But not doing is fatal

So grow or wither, it’s up to you

But staying idle one should never do