The flower

by xpxp
(Debary FL)

I look at you my flower,
The first one that bloomed,
Being to my heart so near
That fills my eyes with tear

I can’t say why lonesomeness
Makes you feel so at ease
Just open up and let your buds
Fill up the house with “please”

You bring into my memory
A poem that had me touched
That I’ll quote here for you
Because you can be matched
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Dressed in a panoply of words
Of mannerisms and muscles
I’ll make myself invincible
And I shall be no weak!

This panoply can cover up
My weaknesses from others
I never wanted to be viewed
As vulnerable as you!

A fierce knight I will be
A fierce samurai
Riding high on my horse
Thru steppes as Genghis Khan
Never afraid katana swords
Neither insulting words

These are the words of warriors
Of samurai and others
Who view vulnerability
As something for their mothers’

Farewell my hero on your -high- horse
Knight or samurai
Continue living in your fort
Of mannerisms and muscles
This is your panoply!


The rest of us know very well
Panoplies don’t exist
But only creatures very weak
To face reality

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Just open up the fortress doors
Invite us within
We want the boy with the smile
To drop his panoply.