Elegance

	Seeds are sown, saplings spring, trees reinforce, leaves fall, generations are born.  Life blooms all around, when death embraces the end.  The beginning and end are one, but the journey is ever changing.  The life of two roses on opposite sides of the Earth will sprout and wilt, but their paths are akin to the arctic and the desert.  The arctic rose adapts to survive the harsh cold and everlasting ice.  The desert rose survives in the hot sands of time.  Both roses are different and the same, and life for both are truly a test of beauty and survival through the toughest of the elements.  They feel alone, but don't realize the existence of the other.  Both want to give up, letting their suffering end.  Why were they born in these harsh climates?  However, word of wind travels far, and soon they learn they aren't alone.  One born at the summit of a volcano, one born in the jungle, one born under the concrete.  All these harsh realities, but none are truly alone.  They persevere with the comfort of knowing their lives are cherished by one another.  As life starts to throw its toughest obstacles, the roses stand tall.  Some falter, but the whisper of the wind gives them strength.  As their life of beauty ebbs, they take solace that the wind will carry their legacy for eternity.  The embrace of death closes in, and at long last, they wilt with no regrets.  Death is not to be feared, nor is it ugly.  It's the elegant finale worthy enough to embrace these roses, and start the cycle anew.