Sunday, October 25, 2015

Dearest Gardenia

Now you know—a taste of freedom, to cherish your lot.
Soar a life, tilling gardens, somewhere a soul. We feel
it mixed, a touch of angst, only for newness. Capture
gauras, to plant for magic, a stem for mystics. I give you
heart, a fist full of love, colored by heleniums. It’s true
to flame, to flicker volts, such as a young spider. Oh
for riddles, a swan swirls—a hollyhock. Such is beauty,
a breath of honesty, a father’s gem. Is that a hosta, a
violet bloom, speaking in magic. Indeed to drift, to
paint a wallflower, to yield a wand, plucking
watsonias. I’ve said little, a point taken, looking at
lily eyes; for gentle a soul, to ponder butterflies, to
stream for nature; plus a lotus, to sit in grace, to shelter
hearts. I give you soul, the wildest rose, to summons
for mystic; for yogis dance, ever to channel, aspark a
universe. So wind a flower, to snap a wishbone,
nibbling wafers; for life is soul, an inner chamber, an
Iceland poppy.     

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