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Capturing The Moment — Silverpuff and Desert Chicory   6 comments

7 Falls April 2013Silverpuff and Desert Chicory — Image by kenne

They grow up together
maturing in the desert sun.

She became a
beautiful white flower —
chicory by name.

Soon one night
he blossomed
into a handsome
yellow flower
only to change
dramatically
by mid-morning
to a silver globe —
silverpuff by name.

Standing there alone
only she knew
of his conversion —
making his change
even more special.

Coupled together
to the earth
their offspring
scattered to the wind.

Soon the very elements
that nurtured
their beginning
will bring about
their ending.

— kenne

Capturing The Moment — Desert Chicory   2 comments

Sweetwater Trail Wasson PeakDesert Chicory — Image by kenne

Like a Desert Flower

Like a desert flower waiting for rain,
like a river-bank thirsting for the touch of pitchers,
like the dawn 
longing for light;
and like a house, 
like a house in ruins for want of a woman –
the exhausted ones of our times
need a moment to breathe, 
need a moment to sleep, 
in the arms of peace, in the arms of peace.

— Parween Faiz Zadah