I look for you in the flowers

A contemporary poem from E.B. Johnson.

Photo by Sarah Mak on Unsplash

in the winter and in the spring —

i look for you in the petals and the
way the roses turn their heads on
the knife-edge of summer bloom.

i look for you in the quiet and in
the grief of your fracturous slim.

i bend heavy like the stalk; heavy
like a cup; heavy like the head that
that can’t quite hold up to another.

i look for you in …