I FOUND A FLOWER

I found a flower in a murky distance
At a time the sun had barely uncovered its face
From the fine silk of nocturnal semblance
Spilling its radiance across the horizon
As birds tweet to prick silence from its slumbering mute

I approached closer to demystify
This enticing figure so to ensnare the butterfly
And cause a distraction to other wandering insects and all it could amuse --
For in its fragrance they could either lie aside to squander
Or resist and yet fear to look back lest they submerge in blunder

There were more open flowers spreading their corollas
In layers -- wide and vast as though to entrap the soft dew
And fluid of a morning anew
A holy spell they should amass
To moisturize their elegant petals

Now I wouldn't dare approach this close
And stand aloof and get lost in its flare
And enthralling glare
While I a man who've observed many a doofus
Stare in trance its elegance and sheer

Beauty are distracted from its intrigue
So I stretched a hand to give a gentle
And glorifying touch to its unique
And yet delicate and flamboyant foil:
Its body as smooth as a cocoon

And moistly as the silky gown worn
By the fon in a cold night in a Cameroonian
Hamlet deep in the dewy forest
Across the mountainous plateau
Where the sparrow's song will give silence a comforting rest

I found some flowers --
Some red, some yellow, some in their budding grace
And many more in a demising and yet humble phase
I found them right on top of a spiralling string
That runs down low unto a supporting base

I found a flower and I found me too
I saw those twists from their string and they must have been strenuous and persevering too
I saw their roots running deep inside the mud and smelly filth
And I saw some butterfly and humming birds sucking their nectar fluids
Despite their stinky roots and filthy stoop -- such is what life alludes

©Amadu Wurie Jalloh
®SAWN
26/09/2019