Bloom

by Rob Dyer

in search of
Life
the traveling soul wanders
from concrete war zones
past relevant fields
to a country corner

a seeker never finds
it all at once
clever revelations unfold
fueling desire to carry on
to envelop purpose and devour
the curious beast within

somewhere in a precocious moment,
beauty decides it's place
beside horror, across from morose awareness
beneath the blatant realities

and a heart bursts
as Life explodes
in glorious colors of our world
reminding the traveler, we are
always in bloom