June Hymn

a dedication

Accompanied by roses
Flor-escent sacral choir
Pointed, high above me
A crescent silver spire

Worship of the grower
And growth, may growing grant
Sacramental seeding
For faith blooms to replant

Endowment of the living
A horticulturist’s sigh
Administering protectant
To beauty born to die

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Surround me still in psalm
Limb by budding limb
Outstretched to scented seraphs
Assembly of June’s hymn.

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