A Dried and Fragile Flower

"So many people want to bloom
and live life their own way.
While stems are often hidden, they
support the whole bouquet.

"Beware of pride's deception!
Beware of your own thorns.
Read Obadiah One, verse three.
That's what the Bible warns.

"Not one small single flower blooms
without the narrow stem,
so treat folks how you'd like to be,
be treated back by them.

"Affect the different colored rose
and do not them, reject.
Remember, a good Christian has
deep love and great respect."

Now everybody loved my mom -
'cause she loved everyone.
Though poor, was always giving more,
as if she'd just begun.

And mom was very patient too.
For years she went without.
Yet joy was heard in all her prayers.
With that, there was no doubt.

Her words were like this flower here.
And I had always tried
to comprehend her fragile words
she left before she died.

A dried and fragile flower
I hold close to broken heart,
that cries in fervent, heavy tears so
Godly peace would start.

It's from my mama's funeral. Yes,
dried, completely dead
and though it's fragile, I hold close
...to what she always said.