~Apples and Orchids~

 

Apples and Orchids

Take my open hand

Stained only slightly

With dirt

Apples and orchids

With their beckoning white blossoms

You said we could plant

Beside each other

The roots

Winding around each other

In a spiraling mandala

Of snake skin 

Faded velvet

Rough to the touch

Wild and shivering

A kiss on the forehead

The sweetest sigh

Appreciating the bumpy road

That leads back 

To where the light

Crosses and uncrosses

                                                        

                                                    Sarah Mahina Calvello