Meanwhile, Melody Muses…

 

Composition of petalled form –

multi-faceted, layered,

more than meets first

glance. Hers is a beauty

.

of texture, where life’s hard

knocks iron youth’s folly

into wrinkles in heart

and skin. Of colour,

.

where joy and tears mix,

the yellows and blues

combining to grow grass

green. Of flavour,

.

where character’s finer

subtleties make ingesting

her presence delightfully

palatable. Of aroma, where

.

trials and tribulations have

heightened olfactory nerves

to the presence of peace. Mother,

wife, daughter, friend, professional –

.

petal to petal, sepal to stem,

they build the mosaic,

complexity of bloom. Hers

is a beauty to own, layered.