NARCISSUS
UNDER A
BRAMBLE BUSH
ARRIVING
IN SPRING
THE EARLIEST PART
WHERE ALL THE
NEW FLOWERS
MAKE LOVE
TO MY HEART,
WHILE OTHERS
PUSH OUT
AND STAND
VERY TALL
THE TINY WHITE
FLOWERS
ARE NOT
SEEN AT ALL
BY MOST HUMAN
EYES:
THEY ARE A SURPRISE
FOR THE VERY FEW
ONES
WHO KNOW
OF THE BEAUTY
AND SCENT
OF FOLKLORE
THE LEGEND
OF POWER
AND THE FALL
OF THE POOR,
THE MAN WHO
WAS MIGHTY
AND FULL
OF HIMSELF
BURSTING WITH
BEAUTY AND
STUNNING
GOOD HEALTH
BUT IN ALL THAT
DRAMA
WAS THE HEART
OF A BOOR,
OFTEN SEEN SINCE
BUT NEVER BEFORE,
HE LOOKED IN
THE POND
TO ADMIRE HIMSELF
AND THE JOY
THAT HE FELT
WAS BEYOND
ALLHIS WEALTH,
HE PRIMPED AND
HE POSED
UNTIL HE EXPOSED
THE CRIME OF HIS SOUL
A PUNGENT AND
SORRY DISGRACE
WHILE HE DESIRED
AND DANCED AND
RETIRED TO
SIT AND ADMIRE
HIS PERFECT
AND GLORIOUS FACE,
NOW THE FLOWER
THAT SEEKS
A MOST SECRET
TIME
TO ARRIVE AND
DELIGHT
IS SO VERY SUBLIME,
NO DANDY
NO CANDY
NO SEE WHO I AM,
NARCISSUS WAITS
SOFTLY
FOR A SECRET
ROMANCE,
SOMEONE LIKE ME
WHO JUST COMES
ALONG
STOPPING TO PLUCK
AND DELIVER THE
SONG,
THE FABULOUS
GLORY
THE SCENT OF
THE STORY IS
OFTEN PASSED
OVER
IN JASMINE
AND CLOVER,
BUT LOOK HARD
AND LONG
IN THE GARDEN
AND LAWN
UNDER THE
TREES
IN THE WARM
EVENING BREEZE,
TRAIN YOU
BRIGHT EYES
FOR THE SIMPLE
SURPRISE,
THE OPPOSITE
SIDE
OF A BIG FRANTIC
PRIDE
IS THIS LOVELY
WHITE FLOWER
AMIDST ALL
THE BOWER,
WAITING TO
KISS
YOUR HEART’S
SIMPLE
BLISS,
FIND ONE
AND GRAB IT,
PULL IT ASUNDER
UP FROM THE
DIRT
AND INTO THE
WONDER,
THE SECRET
IS YOURS
RIGHT NOW
FOR THE TAKING,
I WISH YOU
TRUE LOVE
AND A SWEET
SPRING
AWAKENING!
©J.W. WINSLOW 3/1/18