Lilies sway this pungent announcement
it is authoritative
their arrival a radiant fuschia setting stage
magnificence, they say, magnificence
spring is on its way
it nestles on the tips of palid noses
has come to digest the solace of winter
the million deaths biological
a trillion mendings of the soul
I fear the termination of angst
dance in circles around me
a soul that is caged but
adorned in a meloncholy armor of labeled lapels
a hollow value that flutters arrogant airs
and none to soak this plaguing vacancy
Perhaps we are to live a rebirth
as the ladybugs devour, the cicadas rise
may we embrace in prayer
this broken proximity