By Wendy J Dunn
My lover
brought me a poesy
yesterday morn
alone in the meadow
alive with spring
Ragged robin, vetch,
golden agrimony and trefoil
I took the wild flowers
Alive with spring
Now their petals drop,
To the awakening
Wind stirred grass
opened up
a path between us
Ragged robin, vetch,
golden agrimony and trefoil,
He gave me the flowers
I gave him my heart
my life, my faith, my troth
I took the wild flowers
alive with spring
Now their petals drop,
to the awakening
Dawn is breaking
dayspring comes
A new day, a new life
I tremble,
and tremble
like a hand-held bird,
what’s done is done
A maid at sunset
now I brush away my tears
Adieu, maid
I took the wild flowers
alive with spring
Now their petals drop,
to the awakening
My lover stirs beside me
breathing softly in his sleep
lips parted, he looks a boy,
not the man of nightfall
I kissed him then
Oh,
how I kissed him
and naked body caressed
I took the wild flowers
alive with spring
now their petals drop,
to the awakening
I cannot go back
nor do I wish it
Is it sin to love
and to be loved
when we pledged our troths
hand fast
in the meadow
amongst flowers,
kissed
by dew of a new morn?
I took the wild flowers
alive with spring
now their petals drop,
to the awakening
Unaware
my lover sleeps, breathing softly,
stirring, without awaking,
reaching for me
Does he not know the girl
he loved last night
is forever gone?
I took the wild flowers
alive with my spring
now their petals drop,
one by one
one by one
to the awakening
Image by hieu le
