orchids

wild firey purple hues pink

with white underbelly

my orchids have stayed

fresh

for over a week on my altar

to Bhagavan in their highest forms

symbolic of the work

the deep trusting, non-flagging

work it takes to grow such

precious flowers of

fragility and strengh

mixed like blood and water

I thirst,

but water always comes in

to drink me

up and swallow me whole and fresh

-Yogafly

(the orchids I received after leading kirtan at Ananda Ashram - flowers -- the most precious gift ever for sharing the gift of liberating mantra japa)