wild flowers – Page 2 – Leaf And Twig

Entirety

there was
nothing in the meadow
but the whole of everything

golden lanterns
in the fading light
accompany day into night

broken free of spires
wild child of larkspur
captive of the garden

they gathered at the fence
soon to be
flowers in the field

lupin shared their secrets
of beauty, bloom and seed
summer spread across the field

deep in the shade
wild columbine’s
embers burn

of one nature
is trillium’s trinity
her triptych in the woods

thrice she gives…
this flower after the bloom
and then her rain of seed

a hallelujah chorus
rises from the gloriosa field

a swath of wild flowers
lead to the road home

shoulder to shoulder
huddled masses
soldier on

Before the first flake falls
the dried wild flower
shares a flurry of beauty.

More beauty than the eye can hold,
enough to lift the soul.

Nature knows no limits in the beauty she bestows.
Be a steward of splendor cherish don’t trample.

Heads held high
they search the meadow for true love.
William Sweet William where can you be?