Thursday, June 30, 2016

the flower


I stooped
to observe a flower
its brilliant, radiant colors
shone like the sun
its petals shaped like
a star in the heavens
and with the depth of a valley
with tentacles like
an octopus
capped with seats
befitting insects
and with a smell like
nothing than to itself.

© 2009 - 2016 Thomas Hillman, from Mere Words Evoke, poetic expressions

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