Inside a Flower

I dreamed I sat inside a flower
surrounded by the petals so
that I was protected from the shower
that is the food from which such flowers grow

In the sunshine, all the raindrops
beading into face-sized spheres
fell from upon the radiant flower-tops
Like so many joyful tears

These same translucent petals that held me
In the sunset began to glow and glimmer
as luminescent as well they might be
until gradually the light grew dimmer

And in the dusk, the field grew quiet
except for the rapid, moving whispers
of the wind, through the trees that
sounded like secrets told 'twixt sisters

Until the moon rose in the night sky
and gazed down upon the earth
in the corner of her wise eye
I caught a look of benevolent mirth

And as the stars began to spark
I rested in my flowery shell
listening to windy whispers in the dark
and felt that all was truly well

ily, 1999