The Flower and the world

Once upon a time there was a Flower. It grew right on the sea shore where beautiful White Birds flew above the sea.

"How wonderful is the world!" - the Flower thought. His every petal absorbed sunlight, fresh sea air and all beauty surrounding him.

One day People came to the shore. They were loud and very fussy. People brought a lot of noice, stones and iron. Their machines made so much noice that sometimes the Flower couldn't even hear the voice of the sea. The Beautiful White Birds flew away in search of peace.

People were building a bridge. The Flower didn't understand what it was for. It was so difficult to breathe because of the dust! Only at night when People went to sleep he listened to silence and the voice of the waves and remembered the Beautiful White Birds. He was lonely and sad.

Once in the morning the Flower woke up from noise, but it was not the machines. It was a starting storm. The restless sea seemed to be a mysterious, all-powerful force which raised huge waves that covered the sky and hit the shore with horrifying roars.

But for some reason, The Flower wasn't scared. In the roars of the waves he heard the sounds of freedom and refreshment. He welcomed the first rain drops with his leaves and petals widely opened to the sky. The rain  rinsed him, the wind bowed him to the ground, the waves were singing the song of freedom.

Gradually the storm began to calm down.  Shaking but happy Flower was filled with a new feeling of refreshment and awakened joy.

Suddenly he saw his old friends- two Beautiful White Birds. They were circling above the sea and smoothly sat on the bridge.

The Flower thought that perhaps this bridge was also important. It was there to connect his past innocent peace and the chaos of machines and people. In his heart it connected the storm that shook and turned over his small world and this new miraculous morning which was washed by the rain, dried and caressed by wind, warmed by the warm rays of the morning sun. It was like the coast, the Flower, the People, the Beautiful White Birds, the entire World were covered by the love of the Universe!

Marina Bogdanova-Vul

(Translation of Ellora Bogdanova)