Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Mostly Valentine

My first love was a blooming lilac bush
And the garden that grew up
Unashamedly around it
 
Naturally biblical yet still
Preserving the old pagan rituals
And one metaphysical rose
 
But mostly I loved the puddles
Of melting ice after a rain
Where I could slide before they came
 
That something so prodigal
And sweet could be sleeping
In the earth under my feet
 
I was a strange child
Innocent as thin ice
Before I grew wild

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