Cactus Flower

 

You do not need to be

An open wound

To be

A wound

 

You do not to be

An undealt card

To excel

At the game

 

You do not need

To hear the Orinoco flow

To celebrate

The promise

Of every rain drop

 

And you do not

Have to go

To Torino

To claim

“Me ne frego”

 

But you need 

To return

In a new form

And surprise

Yourself

 

November 19, 2021

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2021