Reflet Dans L'eau

should there be flower competitions
we asked of our garden green days
is this compatible with

the waltzes for flowers
and our new Easter outfits
in lilac and rose?

ecru lace, the edging on clouds.

who knows why. or how
we loved to drift in this way
down flowery paths

with our flower philosophies

the winds blowing petals before us
as if we were princesses,
and only they knew.

that leads only to more flowers,
corsages in the afternons,
a hint of Chopin, Faure...

of the faraway.
if the world were like this...!
only to be, to live

to arrange the hyacinths
in a vase with a green blue glaze
and so, to mark Time

with the flower festivals;
the cherry trees like a vast sky
above you where you walk

with your small songs
the trace of your watercolours
beside you, the ghosts of all pastels

in the reflecting pools.
the blue green fountains
and nothing is amiss.

I dream of this.

mary angela douglas 14 april 2019