Marigold saffron prayers/drenched in sunlight/ever call me to my knees/to my hopes/for sweet tomorrows/for tides of sorrow/to subtly wane/for the light of sun and star and moon/to carry us on

I have seen this flower on many continents/ child of the tropics/bloom/bloom in all your beauty/child of the tropics/love/love with all your heat/child of the tropics/shine/shine with every understanding/live/though rain must fall