so ready
to receive
what arrives in the air
the lily pistil
weeps
*
I, too,
want to
be joined
by something
invisible
*
it hangs, one clear drop,
and it hangs
and it hangs
and it hangs
and I watch
*
while I try to explain
what it means,
spirituality,
behind your back
lily petals splay
*
O lily!
the whole
world
becomes
flower
*
standing beside
the lily
I have
no names
worth knowing
*
ardent and sweet—
there is
no corner
of the room
not wearing perfume
*
what blooms
today tomorrow
withers
I tell myself
it is the same
*
there is still
too much
of me here
o lily, o lily
o lily