People talk about flowers
all the time just like
they talk about nuns
and pianos but hardly
anyone can explain exactly
what they are for
how exactly they work
do they choose to go
into the cloister
and become a certain
hue the sun can pass
through attracting notes
that come from a wire
struck by a wooden hammer
or did they hear
a voice once or for many
years that said if you
focus all your love
on this single blade
that doesn’t
feel anything something
will fly by and touch
your keys with powder
on its wings and make
music only you were
destined to hear
in the meadow when
you hear it stay there
and wait your calyx
will open it’s true
when it does no
matter what they say
there will still be time
for just a little while
keep that music
for yourself