High and Center (new poem)
In deep hearts
of frailty bloom
seeds of hope
hidden in dark
center.
Red petals
brushed in breezes
rushed from mountains
hidden by clouds
high.
Earth is stirred
flowers in bloom
is there room
high and center above
love?
“High and Center”
© Brian R. Paulson, 2016.
(I’m entranced by the frail poppy flower and the way it enchanted the expressionist painter, Emile Nolde. It lends the heart toward things mystic and poetic. – BP)