Enjoy A Flower - Response Poem by Bill Galvin

Enjoy a flower
The like of which is known nowhere else
And cannot be known in any other way
Than as you meet her,
With commonness in structure only;
Unique…
With beauty unfolding to the discerning eye…
With receptors facing the sun
At ready to sense and absorb and welcome the warmness;
With supple stem
Moving to the whispers of a gentle breeze;
With sturdy stem
To withstand the raucous winds,
Yet, to understand their purpose.
Stem of nourishment.
Stem of demand.
Behold the blossom unfolding,
Enriching her acquaintances by coincidental position.
Behold the blossom unfolding,
Revealing her particular arrangement
To those fortunate
Who pass her in the field.

Bill Galvin 1972

I'd like to be a flower
You enjoy on the side of the road;
At ready to absorb and welcome you
As you whisper stories never told.
I'd like to see you descending
That mountain when my ship comes in;
Then hand in hand singing,
We would drift along with the wind.
And when you're feeling restless,
Well, then, I'd like you to know;
Don't fear that I might cling to you;
Let your river flow.
For all rivers flow to the sea, my love,
Guided only by the moon and sun;
And though they travel their separate ways,
Comes a day they flow into one.

Deb Mosher 1972

(We married 1983)