“The cocoon symbolizes everything, even the things that do not bloom.
Because everything blooms, from within, of self-bend;
Although sometimes necessary
To show you your beauty again
put your hand on the flower
and remember again, with words and in contact
that is beautiful,
until it flourishes again, from self-benefit ”

Of ‘St. Francis and the Sow ‘in Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg
Translation: Carlota Franco and

«The Bud
Stands for All Things,
Even for Those Things That Don’t Flower,
for Everything Flowers, From within, of self-thessing;
Though Subtimes It is needy
to reteach to Thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on the brow of the flower,
and retell it in words and in touch,
it is Lovely
Until It Flowers Agains From Within, of Self-Bassing ”