Pyrostegia venusta
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He sometimes thinks he has a flame vine heart
But maybe that is just hyperbole.
His heart is only overgrown, each part
Of its outside, yet maybe inwardly
It isn’t orange and green. A crimson reigns
Inside those chambers, red the velvet there.
Dark red the velvet in the chambers’ veins

Since stained with hurt from long dead curly hair
The Christ removed from fingering love. No eyes
Will ever see those curls again since they have been
Cremated. Springs force now forever lies
Since those black curls will always be unseen.
The falsehood April ever promises
Has turned us all to Doubting Thomases.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2025 | CH, DE, FL, ST |