I
want to search your depths
and find veils
and smoke,
that will vanish at last in flame.
and find veils
and smoke,
that will vanish at last in flame.
--from
Eve's Discourse, by Carilda Oliver Labra
Dormant
after
first frost,
gypsy
lips,
volcanic
to
your molten touch, erupt--
ignite
the slumbering zest,
exotic
scent,
hidden
in white ginger flame,
burns
us up
and
leaves
to
ash
the
petal nest
of
our broken names.
We'll
sleep like murderers
who've saved themselves
by bonding together in incomparable blossoming.
who've saved themselves
by bonding together in incomparable blossoming.
--from
Eve's Discourse, by Carilda Oliver Labra
©
2015 Jennifer Wagner
For
the Sunday Mini-challenge at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. Grace
offered us the work of Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra for
inspiration.
Mariposa
is the national flower of Cuba (white ginger lily, “butterfly”).
