Flowers Protest

flowers protested

but now petals fall like tears

killing frost persists

©️Sylphide poem/image 2021

Ode To Courage

NO I WON'T SHOOT INTO THE CROWD

The red-faced man screams his order

He is not my superior

He is the boss

The authority

The one I've always jumped for

I know beyond doubt he's wrong

I will not be wrong

I am agonized

But I will suffer anything but

The silence of a stranger's death

They defy authority

It won't be answered 

With murder

By me

By God!

©️Sylphide poem 2021