Tulips, Calla Lilies & Hope: The Journey Homeward

By Kit Kennedy–

Poet in Residence–                                              

for Frida Kahlo  

Neither desire nor greed 
brings a bee to the tulip.
Simply, survival. Yet, even
tulips have a shadow-side:
stark, still, resolute. Flowers
have a polar opposite, too. 
Calla lilies, in particular, 
weave sorrow & joy.  

The journey homeward 
is rarely easy or direct. 
Often circuitous.
May each of us find
a golden bridge 
with the top rung peeking 
through cloud like a Spring 
bulb bursting with bloom.  

Should you, on your journey, 
meet a single butterfly outlined  
against a sun-splashed door, 
be heartened. Against all odds,
that heavy door will spring open 
to home & again, to hope.  

Kit Kennedy is the Poet-in-Residence of the “San Francisco Bay Times” and at herchurch Ebenezer Lutheran ( http://www.herchurch.org/ ). She has published 5 poetry collections, and for several years hosted the poetry series at Gallery Café. For more information, please visit her blog: Tulips, Calla Lilies & Hope: The Journey Homewardhttp://poetrybites.blogspot.com

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Photos by Stacy Boorn–

Artist & Photographer–

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Published on April 8, 2021