Arum lily
arum lilies for you, my love
at our wedding
to signify purity
serenity
and the promise
of fruitfulness
arum lilies for you
on your birthday
because it’s the flower
that’s most like a leaf
gone somewhat wild
and gained colour
and gracefully curled
to protect its own
one day, if I am able
arum lilies for your final farewell
to signify the beauty
of a completed life
a cycle grown from root
to a fruitful magnificence
and a life lived without
the blemish of malevolence
arum lilies for my love
© Torm 2011
arum lilies for you, my love
at our wedding
to signify purity
serenity
and the promise
of fruitfulness
arum lilies for you
on your birthday
because it’s the flower
that’s most like a leaf
gone somewhat wild
and gained colour
and gracefully curled
to protect its own
one day, if I am able
arum lilies for your final farewell
to signify the beauty
of a completed life
a cycle grown from root
to a fruitful magnificence
and a life lived without
the blemish of malevolence
arum lilies for my love
© Torm 2011
