The once-white lily has darkened.
Her virginal petals now seem singed
with browned edges curving upward
shriveling inside themselves until
they break away one by one
spilling over the side of the vase
carried by the steady blast
of a nearby air conditioning unit
landing on the untouched ivory keys
of a neglected Steinway
“The Lily” was printed in Ditch'em, No. 7 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
Get the paperback
