As a plant

Lily
A pod so sacred
The warmth of the valley
And swoosh of the Nile
You’ll become pleasant colours to the eyes
An absorbing perfume to settle the soul
You’ll survive a proud gardenia
To become beauty’s boldest envy…
Pretty flora, beyond the window sill
Body and soul that fails you’ll heal
Beyond the pod, you’ll be
Compared to a God, you’ll see.
You’ll be of the valley and of the Nile
You’ll make beauty a happy tree
You’ll make universe smile.
We will read of your genus-
Your species and genera.
And there will come a time
when strangers will come to look like you;
the calla lilies, day lilies and the water ones
You will be a bulb, bright above this colouring
You’ll open into five petals
You’ll be called a flower:
Beautiful, fierce, and alive.
You will be life.

Leonell