The final splay of our tulip
is a table top Ferris wheel
purple petals wide
as a lion’s mane.
Flowering jumble
in a water jar, the bulb
bring life and the stem snipped
for the day’s bouquet.
The kitchen wild for it,
the meal graced,
the wet grey spring
proposes from the window.
Husband and wife working
the home hours
chance a glance at the bloom
and remember Who gives.
Will Schmit is a volunteer outreach prison minister for Lifehouse Church in McKinleyville Ca. He is the author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry and Jesus Inside A Prison Minister's Memoir and Training Manual both available at Amazon Books and www.schmitbooks.com. The website also includes poetry, ministry updates, and music downloads from Bring To Glory a CD of spoken word with coffee house jazz.
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I love this. Well said. Beautiful visual.