Red Flower by LL Barkat

Being

I am jealous of the red flower.

Poets can be that way, wanting 

             to be the one
 
whom the gods choose
to visit in a rush,
wanting

             to be the one
 
whose neck is grasped
with the first flush 
of whatever it might be—
 
the numinous petal, the sensual dew,
the feather

             (oh yes, the white feather)

— L.L. Barkat, author of InsideOut

This poem is offered as part of our September theme: The Poet

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