Fine Flu Journal Fine Flu Journal- june 2014 | Page 9

ORCHIDS FOR CHASE

We go to the Iron Hill for lunch,
the talk feisty and fun, traveling
from Media to Scotland

and back. Chase is like an orchid,
offering color, pleasure,
a brightness when winter aches.
She coaxes much into blossom:
a family, friends, students.
We grow under her patient touch.

When the lights fail and we fear
we’ll stumble down the stairs,
Chase is a candle, a kind word
telling us that we’ll be fine.
The storm clears.

And there’s Chase, tending to
a bud, readying the room
for a bloom.

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