A Lily in Darkness: Exiled Voices
Darkness comes to each hour
filled with crooked things
unhinged petals
made bitter wreaking in war.
Not thinking anesthetized
we lapse loose in dialogue
varied in length
beyond understanding.
A female lily with a secret eye,
rises in black still water
lacking light before nightfall
in the perilous pond.
Exiled eyes thirst for hope
in this water-lily world
a destination despite
inadequate answers.
In the midst we find
delicate beauty
witness its freedom
and search for harmony
And then—sunlight
splashes from silence to
hear a woman’s voice…