By Sandra Beth Levy
I love flowers,
especially as they roll open,
surprise at each angle and iteration.
But from you afar,
always choose a phone call
over a bouquet,
the gift of your voice
is more velvet.
Always choose a home visit to share
family dinner over connection
at large lavish events,
abundance is in the contagion
of our laughter un-announced
not in showcase celebrations.
That being said,
I await your upcoming wedding
with watered eyes of glee,
its elegance will be my blessing
your unfolding as Hibiscus in bloom
into the embrace of your chosen flower
with whom you will enter each angle
and iteration of your future.
Together you will roll open
as one velvet corsage,
un-announced dinner time laughter,
contagious unadulterated joy.
Sandra Beth Levy, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist who passionately practiced the healing art of psychotherapy for over forty years and is now pursuing her dream of immersion in creative writing and spoken word. She raised two biracial poet sons while honoring her Jewish-feminist identities. Her unique social and personal histories weave their way into her writing as she explores intricacies of love, loss, and the power of relationships as transformative agents. She has published poems with several Anomaly Poetry and Small Gems Press anthologies and has a poem coming out in August with Arcana Poetry Press in their Roots And Ruins Poetry Anthology.
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