Show me a Rocky Mountain Columbine,
purple and white with flaring yellow stamen -
presenting, piercing the ardent lover's air -
its spring-born prominence loudly broadcasting
an alluring invitation to fledgling winged beings;
"Oh, come! The time is ripe for fruitful union!"
So, view this stamen and buzzing mate;
lovers each to the other -
one moment in time, sublime.
Then sight for me the secretive Canyon Wren,
rust-brown shade, white throat and chest ablaze -
its high clear voice a musical melody a-calling;
"tee-tee-tee-tee-tew-tew-tew-tew!"
High rocky mountain cliffs echo each chiming duet:
"I'm near! Fly here!" Accoupling, such sweet delight!
So, gaze upon these pairs of amorous avians;
lovers each in mutual bond -
a brief season parenting, divine.
Now, ponder Mankind in its vast, glorious array;
impassioned Kindred Spirits blessed with thought and will.
Driven by urges biological, insatiable, no matter the season
our bodies collide; lust, wrath, avarice, insufficiency
feed and satiate that simmering, inner, indiscriminate fire.
Few are free of scaring sparks; belovedness, a treasured gem held tight.
Thus, witness Man and Woman, across the time-space divide.
Lovers? If for charity, high regard and peace we strive,
Love's
few
emissaries
may
perhaps
survive.




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