Except For This Lovely

When I step out into the cold morning, 

I've been noticing a heavy frost on the cars 

and covering the ground.

My wildflowers finally died off. 

 I went to bed one night and they 

were still green... got up the next day

 and they were brown.  

Everything we worked so hard planting 

at springs beginning...  gone.

Except for this lovely.

We planted forget-me-nots here, 

but they never grew.  

This lone petunia grew instead.   

It refuses to die, in spite of heavy frost

 and much colder temperatures.  

Life's like that too.  Some of the unexpected

 surprises are the ones that are most beautiful.