An Impossible Bouquet
Vase of Flowers
Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682 - 1749)
Season after season,
Even in dim incandescence,
I recognize beyond reason,
Your delicate golden radiance.
Rooted in years,
Cultivated through patience -
Each painstaking growth,
Every riotous upheaval,
Captures a bounty bursting to be free.
Sing with light and soil -
Songs of vibrant transience;
Through flourish and turmoil,
Stems a melody bright with perseverance.