the same flower

- The same flower, one day later. Yesterday, it was closed up tight like the one on the right and a small lizard was using it as a perch.
Today, it was open in full bloom. I really love hibiscus!

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
  ~ Robert Herrick, 1591 - 1674