Amaryllis

Who can find a wife of noble character?For her value is far more than rubies.

Proverbs 31:10, NET

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The blooms keep reenchanting my imagination

As they unfurl petals like the woman of khayil

Facing the future and all its dire prognostications

With hands outstretched and kindness on her tongue.

They bloom so bravely in the window there,

Rose and white streaked satin petals,

Crimped edges, curling back like unclenched fists,

Their hearts of streaky green and apple seeds

Laid bare before a world that deals not often kindly

With bare hearts. Before their valiant candor

My own armored, fainting heart beholds its poverty

And sighs.

Written in January 2021

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