Sunflower

On a small
sunless
naked patch
of city
land,

an errant sunflower
behind bars
tries to bloom
before winter
comes

Fall

Subburbian crop

Fall

Strange maturity of a fruit rotting on its branch

Afternoon at Auvers sur Oise - goodbye cont'd

pour Thomas Baby

Good bye

Sad news.
An old friend
not yet old
dies.

Unreal.

We just can’t believe
that death does not exist.

Words sound blasphemous
Yet they may soothe.

Those very close tend
To practical matters and
Overcome for a moment
The stupor of loss.

I did’nt dare ask
When and where
The final good bye
Would be

But the world
is full of magic.

Fate told me when and where,
Allowed me to be there
Just in time,
In the essence of a flower.

Fate led my steps,
Changed my way home.
I met a song and a smile
And tears were allowed to flow freely

The Veil

A young girl
with a traditional black scarf,
fitted tightly around the oval of her face,
revealing her unsuspected beauty:

full lips, proud nose,
liquid dark eyes,
flawless velvelt skin.


No photo of course,
but a smile
through the veil.