I found this flower among other things
last Friday as I waited for a car repair
Then I read about the God Hunter
& realized such color
is related to despair
I have known certain people
whose pleasure is despair
(Despair is their pleasure
is what I meant)
They are often poets, I find,
whose eyes & ears are always hungry,
always reaching for the truth
always dreaming a New World
On the other side of Despair,
once you break through it,
is the flower of your thoughts
that returns in cycles.
Even a child can banish despair
with one rich chuckle
Even a bug can banish despair
wiggling its antenna
Even a flower only a few millimeters wide
can banish despair by holding still
for its close-up in a breeze
Do what you can find to do,
or as much as is possible to do,
which is to admit despair
which is to admit hope
which is to sing or dance
your highs & lows & middles
you are the god & the goddess
you are the Chosen One
1 comment:
Periwinkle grows on the bank of a small pond near my home. 'Certain people' should find such a pond, write their poetry, and perhaps sing the blues ( a flower of adverstity ).
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