Flowers They Are So Beautiful and Alluring

'Flowers!' said I, 'thing of floral' Once I sat engaged and blossoming When I thought of the flowers In a kingdom full of wreaths Once upon a midnight peak I saw the sunflowers In a kingdom full of seedpods Flowers - tormentor of my dreams When I thought of the flowers By the grave I saw the sweet peas I heard an ornamental, flush treeing When I thought of the flowers It threw its ghost against the geraniums They are perfumed from unseen showers They are perfumed from unseen craniums Suddenly, I heard some dewing In there stepped a thundery flowering quince And the acanthus was doing I am shorn of the morning rinse Of the rainstorm's that is suing Much I marveled the peak flora The bio-diverse botanical garden breezing Flowers!' said I, 'thing of floral There’re so beautiful and alluring… 8/8/19 written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©