silent sweet william rises into the air thin as birdsong blue petals flash secrets fringed petals wave their delight into the air thin as birdsong I soar with my happiness while fringed petals wave their delight floating in the sky of my garden I soar with my happiness while the deft flower clings to its cousins in blue floating in the sky of my garden watching the gossip of flowerets the deft flower clings to its cousins in blue each head huddles its glory in blue chatting the gossip of flowerets I fly myself in the grey the flowerhead huddles its glory in blue caressing sweet william is all I'm allowed I fly myself in the grey in the air thin as birdsong
© 1991 Carolyn Grady
This poem first appeared in BLUELINE May 1991 vol.12 p.47