I bloomed in red where thorns defend, Yet climbed the sky where mornings end. A color soft, a petaled name, On shields I rest in stately frame.

A leprechaun's gleam o' delight, where rainbows find ends so bright, Under clover's green shade, A wish is surely made, In serendipity's gentle light.

Born of golden shower, loved a woman of starry power, the harpes kiss on oracle's breath, a death unusual for one such as me.

I begin at my longest I grow smaller with time Just when I can't get any smaller, I grow again until I disappear.

I'm unused at night, I'm up off the ground. I host those in flight, at many homes in your town.