XVIIII.   

Incandescent

life

exuding   

drawing in

the hair

the pores

the leaf skin

circuits of self  sunning

the seed in the center

light buried in matter

a phoenix

flower through plexus 

solar self

consumption

renewal

primordial

ordeal

thirsting

for shadows cast

on parched ground

reddening

blistering

glacial melt

set

to rise

turn together toward –

grow.

© 2017 Julia Adzuki