Dreamtime: Secret Garden


alone...
in a vast meadow, 
silently counting ruby explosions 
of rare, lion's tooth orchids;  
Hidden under tiny royal cloaks 
of elliptical emerald leaf canopies, 
so  beautiful....
I'm briefly blinded

he sits 
watching us sweetly, 
the blue of his eyes are unmoving 
calm, as the waters of Nineveh
Flourishing under the umbrage 
of an ovaloid optic embrace,  
he settles into our garden of love. 
He is delightful, 
concisely pre-arranged, just like us. 

Written in collaboration with James Marshall Goff
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Fowler Avatar
August 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Terrific collaboration between you and Jim Vie. :)
DiMino Avatar
August 4, 2024 at 9:43 AM
"he settles into our garden of love. He is delightful, concisely pre-arranged, just like us." Very lovely, inspiring!
Buhagiar Avatar
August 3, 2024 at 1:55 AM
This is a great collaboration. Great description of a garden. Wonder what a lion's tooth orchid looks like.
Goff Avatar
August 3, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Hi Victor! Shape of a small honeysuckle bloom * 10!
Onclaud Avatar
August 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
you and jimbo make beautiful nature poetry together...love how the metaphors livened the scene, vie!
Narain Avatar
August 2, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Nice poem.
Alhemaidy Avatar
August 2, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Delightful!
Rose  Avatar
August 2, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Sometimes the poets with the least amount of words can stir your soul, such as Jim did here. Enjoy the poem fellow soupers.
Goff Avatar
August 2, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Goodness Mystic! almost an embryonic, engulfing love you so creatively sculpted, craving; of the human heart!
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