Purple Flowers

it’s a real bad day

driving to work late

everything is dead and gray

cars ahead and behind

spilled my coffee again

just one day, I say

under my breath

just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

then bright purple

caught my eye

in the ditch

stretching and reaching

looking beautiful

without even trying

just one day, I say

under my breath

just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

this was a real bad day

but that purple hit me in the face

God, you got my attention

where do we go now

I’ve been

in the weeds

in the muck

in the mud

and now

purple flowers

making a stand

just one day, I say

under my breath

just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

got you, God

I see it now

in a ditch

on a road

beauty exists

and this bad day is just that

it doesn’t define my soul

it doesn’t mean I’m not whole

those purple flowers

they grow anywhere

look at them, girl

they simply don’t care

they don’t ask permission

they don’t wait their turn

they just find the light

and they grow where they’re burned

just one day, I say

under my breath

just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop