Saint Francis and the Sow - Galway Kinnell (excerpt)

 The bud

stands for all things,

even for those things that don't flower,

for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing,

though sometimes it is necessary

to reteach a thing its loveliness

to put a hand on its brow

of the flower

and retell it in words and touch

it is lovely

until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.