7.20.2010

fifteen; the garden

Raindrops like tsunamis
erode canyons in our earth;
we sway, bend, bow to Light Giver.

After the rainstorm ends
our roots absorb Life Liquid;
our petals slowly shine shine shine.

The Spider and the Butterfly
emerge from their hidden home;

Weaving webs of green and new life
and fluttering up, away;

Light Giver breaks forth, shattering
clouds as her face peers through the carnage;

Our stems wave, our petals shake
because the winds embrace our bodies;

we are not alone.

we are those who pepper the mountainside
and feed the beasts who circle around us;
we grow and pollinate, with time to bide
before the Cold Time will kill us.

we live together, amongst the Garden
turning our faces to the sky;
day after day we beg your pardon
before we are picked and die.

2 comments:

  1. Just read this again after so long. I like how the flowers have this primal like sound to their words. It's earthy, it's primal, it's poetic, just what you would expect a flower to be.

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  2. Woah, definitely one of my favorites. I got chills throughout the whole thing. I loved it.

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