This is an original poem, To the White Rosebush in the Side Yard, by Alicia Bayer, with photography by Alicia Bayer.

It is in PDF format for printing.

Text of the poem reads: 

To the White Rose Bush in the Side Yard

Forgive me, for I have just now realized
That you have unfolded probably
Thirty miracles this month
Right by the driveway, opening each
Delicate birth, petal by petal
Slowly and preciously while I
Shuffled by with the dog,
Yanked up a handful of weeds,
Moped about that terrible man in office
And even once took a picture
Without stopping to gasp
And marvel and stay
A whole afternoon staring
At the holy offerings you have built
Again and again
While the world turned its own
Impossible, heartbreaking turns,
Breaking into beauty
For us, again and again.

~Alicia Bayer (@CrazyBrokenThing)