Life expectancy of a flower:

It depends.

You keep growing if you’re not picked.

Honeybees land on you to rest, scooping up pollen to share.

You keep spreading and multiplying if you are Rooted.

If you are picked,

Your life is maybe a week.

It is worth it, though,

Bringing Beauty and Fragrance to one that needs it.

Perhaps seeds have fallen,

Newness can grow

even after stems are cut.