“Flowers,” Wrote Henry Ward Beecher, “have a subtle mysterious influence on the feelings.” Indeed, flowers have the power to calm and excite, to stimulate the imagination and to awaken memories.
Natures Passion Flower
In earths brown bosom bare
A wild wind blows its seed
And leaves its tiny imprint there
Blushing like no other weed!
A gypsy with a sultry kiss
Opens wide the poppy flower
It blooms to flame its fiery bliss
Till the frailty of its final hour!
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.
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(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D