Today's suprise

I have this small non discript cactus

that has just sat in a dish for years and years,

hardly ever changing size or shape

sometimes it just gets put on the garden table

ignored and unloved,

while we were in Dubai for 2 years

my sister in law had it on her front doorstep.

Since my return it came home

and was on our doorstep,

but once the frosts started I decided

may be it ought to come inside.

Today I noticed this beautiful flower

that it has produced all on it's own

I can take no credit, amazing what neglect

and nature can produce.

I also noticed it has produced some baby growths

I wonder what it is that makes it lie dormant,

for it must be 5 years I have had it ... then spring into life