Wasted Magic
Mar 21, 2021
The day
has no visible stem
like any flower
I know,
and yet it blooms.
The petals
are hours,
minutes, even seconds
have wild
colors
and yet
they burn
like no flower
I know,
since flowers
can retard
the flames,
Writer, visual artist. Books include Sanskrit of the Body, which won in the U.S. National Poetry Series (Penguin). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/532348.