the bud..from saint francis & the sow

galway kinnell

the bud stands for all things,
even those things that don't flower,
for everything flowers, from within,
of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to re-teach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and re-tell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within,
of self-blessing......