Unfolding Petals (dedicated to LillyZ)

Pain was a burden for this delicate flower

flowing through her veins from a time

gone by, without fanfare, but lingering

deep within her core from torments

she bore deeply within her feeling soul.

Suffering kept within, with hushed silence

angst was lifted by opening searching eyes

as words spilled passionately onto pages.

Peace came from within and from love

in her heart for her man and from his love

nurturing, acceptance and encouragement

filling the spaces that once loomed barren.

She unfolded her petals into her true beauty

opening up her flowering majesty as a lily

revered in Greek mythology as sprouting

from the milk of Hera, Queen of the Gods.

The flower’s thoughts rippled from teardrops

into rivers of words atoning for the time

before her true beauty eclipsed her past.