Nature's Bare Daughter

Eolian Amaranth, ethereal flower,
undying beauty born of eternal wind,
Flora's s precious seed,

The warm spirited zephyr made tender, turbulent love
to the fallen foliage atop the river's emollient sheets,
in a bed of pure spontaneity and sunlight you were conceived,
delivered to earth in a cloud burst of passion and nobility.

You are the bare daughter of existence,
Nature's rightful heiress.

Raindrops crystalized to give solid form to those
nonpareil flakes of snow reflected in your fingers and toes.

Lightning struck the dead, scattered leaves, and from the
ensuing flames they were granted new life, reborn, spun
by the phoenix into the autumnal locks of your brush-fire hair.

The contour of your ripened mouth was measured and marked
with the soft, summer blood of the cherry tree.

Your lips, those plump clusters of plenteous kisses,
came delivered by way of the vineyard.

The hazel tree donated the seeds and shade that
were to become your earth-tone eyes.

And burnished with the rarest of essential oils,
from Venus's mother-of-pearl womb,
your glittering body of silver and rose-quartz emerged.

Queen of infinite waters, on a throne of mineral and foam!

Empress of ever-extending sky, naked, in the sheer robes
of ultra-violet and cumulo-cotton!

Goddess of enduring gardens, a diadem of emerald leaves
and opulent red corolla, at birth, was placed upon your head!

Always, upon your arrival, a rapturously weeping dawn
lays out a carpet of freshly minted dew upon the land,

Forest Nymphs wash the dirt from your bare-feet, and
sweat from your tired brow with fountains of virginal rosewater.

Fairies masquerade as butterflies and banner the over head
azure with silk knit rainbows.

Song birds, the world over, can be heard unveiling newly
composed symphonies,

Far and wide tables are set,
replete with convivial feasts,

and all the world, at once,
my queen, becomes a coronation in your honor.

poem by Gregory Allen Uhan
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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