Jack Andrews Poet Prose Poetry

Like a Flower

My Life like a flower
blossoming in the sunlight
burst of golden love
as gentle as opening petals
of a spring rebirth
quenched in morning dew

My blood flows green
as the leaves on the tree
I come from the earth
as free as a sky filled with branches
like fingers gripping the skies

My soul flies through to the edge of the atmosphere
beyond outward into the endlessness of space

Wings opening to soar and the harshness on no one
clips feathers in freedom of Spirit.

Jack Andrews 1971 Hitchhiking Journal Son of Big Chief

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Anne-Lise Andresen August 11, 2022 at 2:49 AM - Welcome to Poetry Soup with your first poem ... hopefully there will be many more in the future - :) Jack Andrews September 5, 2022 at 8:46 PM thank you

Kim Rodrigues August 8, 2022 at 9:30 AM Love the imagery: as free as a sky filled with branches like fingers gripping the skies Jack Andrews September 5, 2022 at 8:46 PM thank you Kim!

Beata Agustin August 3, 2022 at 9:58 PM Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Lord's blessings be with you. Jack Andrews August 7, 2022 at 5:06 PM thank you