White Orchid

In delicate splashes
of waxen white
Fine fans of purity
in showers of light
White orchids in
a crystal glass
A lovers leaving
in the morning light
Sweet gems of white
splashes
Kisses of pure love
In symbolic display
in the filtered rays
Of the sun's early
greeting
Waking in a gesture
of loving
Pure white fans
of an orchid
Bouquet in a
crystal glass
And a gesture simple,
love in a morning
breaking
Memories of then, now

Copyright ©
February 13, 1999
Michael David Coffey