Flowers in the Sun
WHAT DO WE KNOW FROM, WHERE DO
WE GO FROM HERE
WHERE ARE THE SIGNS, THE INCLINES THAT WILL PUT US IN THE CLEAR
BORNE IN THE BREEZES, BILLOWING FROM THE BURST
TO FILL THE SKIES WITH SURPRISE ARE THE FLOWERS IN THE
SCHEMES, THEMES, MYSTERIES
SIGHTING A SYMBOL AND WATCHING IT GROW
A DREAM OF THE AGES, A VISION IN STAGES
FLAUNTING YOUR FLAVOR, FLUTTERING
IN THE FIELD
THERE TO ENDURE IN THE SURE, SILENT SHINING OF THE
SO SHARPLY SINGULAR, SO SIMPLY STATED
TOSSED IN THE TURBULENT ANIMAL WIND
SHOW ME YOUR FACES, INTIMATE
PLACES
ALL THAT EMBRACES YOU
CAN WE CULTIVATE OUR CHORUS
CAN WE KNOW THE WORLD THAT BORE US
IS IT CONVENIENT CONFUSION, INGENIOUS ILLUSION
HEAT OF THE MOMENT, LOST IN THE LINES OF WORLDS
THEY'RE ONLY MEANS, ONLY SCENES ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
BREACHING THE BREATHLESS OBLIVION
YEARS, GEARS, HISTORIES
TWISTING AND TURNING IN MORTAL MACHINE
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CLAMORING CLOCKWISE IN SPIRITED
STANDS
FORGING THE FUTURE WITH FIERY BRANDS
THE LUMINOUS LEAVINGS OF LIMITLESS LANDS
FAST IN THEIR FORTUNES
ASLEEP IN THE SANDS
BLOSSOMING BOUNDARIES, BANNERS
OF BRILLIANT BREED
THEY'RE ONLY NAMES, ONLY FRAMES, ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
OPPORTUNELY SITUATED, INCIDENTLY
INCUBATED
SEAS, TREES, TRAVELERS,
MODES, RODES, RAVELERS
LIFE WITHOUT ENDING, ETERNALLY
WENDING
THE FORM THAT ENCLOSES PRECARIOUS POSES
ALL THINGS COME TO PASS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS
IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING,
I CAN REMEMBER
THE FURTHER UNFOLDING, THE FANCIFUL FARE
FLICKERING FRAGMENTS OF IMMINENT AIR
EXCEPTIONAL GESTURE, INSIGNIA RARE
CONQUERING DARKNESS AND CALLING ME THERE
THEY'RE ONLY STRINGS, ONLY THINGS,
ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
THEY'RE ONLY SEEDS, ONLY LEADS, ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
THEY'RE ONLY HUES, ONLY VIEWS, ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
THEY'RE ONLY HIDES, ONLY TIDES, ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
THEY'RE ONLY ROLES, ONLY SOULS, ONLY FLOWERS IN THE
FLOWERS
IN THE
SUN
© 1977 Jim Harris
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