Poetry Pleases: Flame Lily
Masimba Biriwasha's words express a longing to understand the essence of the beautiful flame lily - God's flower.
So alone with the alone,
lost in the woods,
and out of its sinews a beauty untold to share
with any of the world that care.
A beauty that shimmers even in the dark.
It can only be the finger of God.
Flame Lily, in your beauty, I delight.
Awaken my heart to essence,
and teach me a thing or two
about growing in hard places.
With your glow,
you're the sweetest flower
I will ever know.
Not sun, wind or rain
or mankind's narrow-mindedness
can stain you divine beauty.
O, Flame Lily, you can only be God's flower.
Show me what makes your veins stand
so proud, tall, unashamed
even under a black sun.
