like a flower (terza rima)

your love sings like a flower; soulful sound

rebounds throughout the universe full voice

and serenades me from your hollow mound.



because, of all the flowers, you made choice

of cactus blossom, once a century

I am that thorn, I weep blood and rejoice



that life-times will not take your love from me;

I wait through desert days, store all my might

until my buds burst forth triumphantly



to woo you with my perfume in the night.

recalled to life, we’ll tumble to the ground

and claim the universe as lover’s right.



your love sings like a flower, soulful sound

and serenades me from your hollow mound.