Purple

You're in a jungle of Thailand, where tigers prowl, where elephants bathe. Where monks seclude into subconsciousness, where Buddhists bow to man-made men of gold. These are what define the land: the things that no one sees. Like bald eagles in America, their mystery ignites a majestic symbolism. Their preciousness is lack. Thinking inward, you wonder what treasures you  that have been devalued due to constant presence. After all, you live on planet Earth! so rare, so delicate in the scheme of galaxies. Where water drinks like silver, where sunlight highlights days in gold.Where life miraculously sprouted up one morning, or seven. Where exists a place called Thailand, the "Land of Smiles." But its people do not smile because things are good or easy. They smile despite incredible hardship. Heat cannot make them frown, and neither can hate. That is why their smiles are beautiful--little purple flowers fighting an immense gravity. So prevalent, and thus, so underrated.

See that poor farmer smiling? He breaks his back to plant his crop, it takes so much to do so little. You know he spirals into debt with every hoe. Still, he digs the jungle dirt. He is a tiger and an elephant, a flower and a jewel, a peasant and a sage. He is rich soil taken from hard earth, hidden by permeation. He is a rough gem.