An oriental lily
wafts sweet scent
through thin air.
Speaking clearly
her spicy perfume
captures
my attention,
clouding
the white haze
of my grief.
White, the color
of death –
a dying flower
wrinkled,
paper thin,
yellowed,
her edges shrivel.
Only an emerald
pistil still
stands tall.
Brown pollen
Drifts aimlessly,
stains the luminous
pearl moon flower
that once was.
whole.
Working Notes:
I was given a bouquet of these most beautiful flowers a couple of days ago.
That same morning I dreamed that hope was dead.
The Fire moon was full this morning.
I am in mourning – for I must let go of a vision I held, perhaps, too close to my heart.
Grief has no boundaries, it swallows one whole.
I have disappeared down a rabbit hole
in the void of dark space.
Postscript 2
The male parts of a flower are called stamens and they usually surround the female pistil that contains an ovary at its base. The pollen from the stamens is carried by the wind and sticks to the sticky top of the pistil fertilizing the flower as it’s dying.
It interests me that the female parts of the flower dies last.
Good poem, Sara.
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thanks Sunith
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The lily is beautiful and so is the poem.
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