After the Flower

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 artsofmay

I’m back again, this time with a poem I’ve recently written plus a sketch. Here they are:

After the Flower

Years ago
I named myself after a flower
but hell on earth now calls for
something less innocent,
so I will call myself clenched teeth
followed by shouts out loud.
I’d like to become:
she of rock earth and trees
she protector of birds and oceans
she who tears hate into pieces
who transforms fear
into love of mountains and sky
she who slays liars
she who ends war
and she who dies in peace.

–Lily S. May 2025

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I have made art works all my life. Arts of May shows some of my explorations in different media and the inspiration I take from other artists and works. An earlier blog, of humans and nature, concentrates on my photographs of natural places that help my spirit. View all posts by artsofmay