A Flower Girl’s Wordbook

1

Gone into the sun light

A mute distance away,

She is much farther

than the noon shade

of the late cherry trees

in blossom.

2

Tales printed on a pillow,

with scented prayers for the mighty sail,

from an unheard "goodbye",

tearfully translated

into the underworld oaths of Hades

and a painless tattoo

on a silk coffin veil.

3

Pencil figures on her anxious palm,

capital letters 
engraved
and arithmetics

scribbling down a repressed anticipation

on the quiet map

marked with controlled impatience

between the steel cell bars.

4

words hidden

words explained

words secluded

words forgotten

words misunderstood

words dying a while after 
the stone cross
is lifted

from a marble grave yard;

Words fallen down, 
under its heartsick burden.

5

Words, words, just words,

my angels,

my demons,

Flowering in the four corners 

of your mind

out of a closed window.

6

My deadly curse-

Holy icons painted in street colors,

Imaginary riddles and puzzles

For unseen eyes.

7

My ardent vows,

My fake self-promises

to resist a gambler’s urge
in their pursuit of happiness.

8

…missed…

…missing…

…to miss…

The torn, flying label

      intercepted 

by a short-term web

of a short-lived spider

erased then re-drawn

on a round table. Beloved.

9

Obstructing piles

of icy suffixes and prefixes

In a dark desert of silence,

Solitary echoes

At the bitter end of a delayed eclipse

Inversing geography

to strike the right balance.

10

Words- tons of vowels and consonants

Cuddled together

like some big, chance blunders

half-burnt,

half-frozen,

half-blind from a glacial epoch

Their sweet ashes overrun 

but preserved  

In a mutual language.