Monday, June 24, 2024

Flowers in the flower shop window (2014)

The bloom of the flowers

In the flower shop window

Makes me think of you,

The memory of when

I saw your flower

Spread before me,

The way all these

Flowers are,

Exposed to the core,

Drips of dew clinging

To each fold,

Falling off only

When I touch

Each pedal with

My finger tips,

The memory of

A flower past

Stirring up

What was

And is not now,

And all that remains

Is the sweet scent

Yet even that

Barely recalled.

I see the flowers in

The flower shop window

Yawning pedals pated

To take into their hearts

The heat of the sun,

Each fold parting,

As if to welcome

Affection, and to

Inspire heat

These cannot get

Alone.


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