Star*Flower | Murryn Payne
Each spring they burst forth
a supernova of pollen and perfume
The white dogwoods are starlight
hydrangeas prickle in the twilight sky
changing color based on iron and copper in the ground
The pillars of creation are rhododendron
Crepe myrtle waves like faint comet tails
Heavenly bodies here on earth
Black holes absorbing everything around them
Galactic soil to compress,
and start anew.
Perhaps the BIG BANG was just the seed
erupting forth, after all,
we are still covered in dirt and water
If I am a flower, let me be the moonflower
out at night and soft,
the morning glory half life,
bioluminescent in the water like seaweed
glow for the stars already in the soil I walk on
And bloom for those to see
About the Author:
Murryn Payne is an amateur artist, enthusiastic thespian and part time scarecrow. Her work has previously been featured with Button Poetry’s Short Form contest, Headwaters, and 300 Days of Sun. She once heard the phrase ‘the work you do when you procrastinate is the work you should do for the rest of your life’ and has been writing ever since.