January 2009

Winter Reds

The sun sits squarely in the south
shining on the lanky stems
of geranium on the bathroom windowsill.

The round scalloped leaves
stretch toward the warm glass
keeping their backsides to me.

I tell myself I turn the plants around
in the service of beauty
and so they don’t lean too far to one side.

What I really wish for
is how they flower even [...]