The Lily Magnolias

Image by Yi-Ching Lin


the lily magnolias

the lily magnolias
are breaking
open –

lit like candles
on heavy-laden
branches, extending
their well-timed
lanterns into the
darkness

lit like boats
caught on a
breeze, tearing
on the hook
of childhood
memories

lit like a search
party that will
return again
empty-handed

lit like the altar
for forty-nine days

lit like the thought of you
breaking, blossoming,
opening
into the face
of these tugging
magnolias
.

Yi-Ching Lin

Posted over on her site Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"