petals

on a rampage

I will shatter petals as I walk.  
Sleepless fields
Red and wire strung, dripping in dew
Pearlescent resin.
My thoughts will drift away like the storm clouds
Cumulonimbus, heavy, tensely mute.  
Only just tinged with egret white.
Beneath my toes are the shattered slivers,
Petals crushed and bruised.

From the tips of my fingers,
The ends of my lashes
Will drip dreams.
I will gather these for you in a wooden bowl
Mix them with honey, with vinegar,
With salt from the ocean.  Offer up the fragrance to heaven,
Offer up the fragrance to the sun who is not seen
To the moon who is unseen
To the stars unseeable.

The evaporate liquid I will pour into the hollows of your eyes
The hollows of your hands
The hollows of your feet.
I will anoint your forehead with the draught of eternal peace.
From your inner eyes, the bundle of living flesh and nerves
Will spring poppies that we will crush, dancing
Beneath our shattering feet.

Reviews

[mirabella]

Wow! Seems so nostalgically and whimsically beautiful and slighlty sad. :)
I love the falling petal imagery and the repetition of key words.
I truly adore this and it is definitely a new and vibrant favourite!

[fireblossom]

So beautiful I could not look to directly at first. I felt the need to hover above this until my eyes got used to the vision. Lovely.