Stars and Flowers in Love

In the starry night garden

You and I held each other close

I caressed the planes of your face

With mine, and my fingertips

The moon was fringed by your blown hair

Across my view

As the night jasmine bloomed

You held my face between your hands

For a long, long moment

You have all night, no hurry

Savor us, I am overwhelmed

With a joy that is now and forever

Consume me, my love!

Dance upon the bonfire of this night!

Never before or again this wild a delight

We will live forever in a moment

That will scar us with its ecstasy

And warm us when the memory's called

Seen from behind, the flowers were luminous and translucent.

Tiny, slow beetle

Scales the rose to my delight

Are you a firefly?

Sundial portulaca

Hard, static glass splash

Chihuly can give movement

To that which is still

Old Man's Bones stonecrop

Xeriscape beauty in spring

Rain explodes flowers

Chihuly reeds in the Denver Botanic Gardens Main Conservatory