My new year wish

I wished I'd be the flower of may

Swaying through the sun sprinkled day

But then came the roar of distant thunder

and the looming raindrops made me wonder

So I wished I was a giant oak

Tall, mighty and ready for the fight

Lightening struck without a glance

and questioned the worth of my might

Then I wanted to become a thorn

Sharp and Ready to take on the crowd

But I still wanted to kiss the butterflies

..so thorns I had to do without

So I wished for strength and quiet poise

An inner peace midst all the noise

A wish to survive another year

Through all the seasons, frost and cheer

I wished to be a blade of grass

that the world ignored at mere glance

But the weathers of life would cause me no ache

I would learn to bend so I may not break