lamentations

Healing Salve of the Wild Rose

Gathering flowersTo fill the vaseTo grace the breakfast tableOn the deckMy eyes catch uponDainty wildflowersBlossoms smaller than pinky nailFive summer yellow petalsSurrounding tuft of yellowI snipped a fewTo start my bouquetI spy purple flowers intermingling with yellowSimilar in sizeBut sunburst pattern of petalsI snatch themAnd my bouquet growsPeoniesA pièce de résistanceI bury my nose InContinue reading “Healing Salve of the Wild Rose”

The trees stand sentry Offering themselves As holders of the bodies The earth, dry and dusty, Hardened clay Or fertile soil Lies ready To receive, To embrace The boxed bodies. The flowers contribute their beauty Brightly colored Spreading scent of life Hiding ugliness of death. What do I have to give? Can my tears sootheContinue reading “Lamentations”