Saturday, January 9, 2010

Cyclamen Valentine

That I see you as a shy

and gravely alert person

every leaf in your possession

and as a great being

in the process of bleeding

using the blood

great streams of it

to shape these ruffled

crimson petals

bomber squadrons

over a green delta

in the endless war

mineral plant animal

human angel archangel

but not until each one

of us has a whole lifetime

and silence is heard

except for your breathing.

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