Recollections Poem by Claudia Krizay

I am standing beneath the light of the moon
On a radiant starry night,
Seemingly in a different place than
The shelter of the brilliant sun,
Where I stood two days past-
I am a wildflower on this evening collecting dewdrops hourly as
The night progresses, as my stem sways
Ever so gently in the late summer's breeze-
My leaves and petals, young and vibrant,
Glisten beneath the light of the stars.
The breeze shall transform to wind as the night progresses-
Though happy to be a lone blossom, as
I call myself queen of the forest,
By daybreak I could be gone,
Leaves, petals and dewdrops all, shall vanish, and
It shall be as if I have never been, though I myself may not be aware.
The sounds of rustling leaves upon maple trees and branches of holly,
Accompanied with the harmony of my own leaves rustling in the wind,
Shall be come a concerto of nature, as wild geese soaring above call and
The solo of a songbird echoes about the world-That world that
Has always existed inside of my imagination?
Shooting stars and the Milky Way illuminate
The essence of my thoughts- and even though I know
I am none but human, in my dream world
I shall always be that wildflower, queen of the forest and
The illumination of my fantasies-
If a storm should come I know I shall never be destroyed as
I could be as human, stricken by a bolt of lightening-
But if I close my eyes to the horrors of reality and recall
That amazingly radiant starry night, I know that my dreams,
As would a boat with billowed sails, shall carry me far away from there.
May I never awaken from this magnificent reverie, and if I do someday awaken,
Dewdrops upon my petals shall still sparkle in the sunlight as
I stand as a flower steadfast against the wind that does not know loss, threat or
The pain that people fear- being part of the loveliness of nature-
Nature shall never truly harm me.