Inflorescence

The more I pruned their branches
all the more they flowered.
Attempts to stem these Desert Willows
caused them to prolifically
produce and create --
still rooted in natural
Beauty.

Interestingly noted this
southwestern tree,
Chilopsis, when drunk --
too much raining
they die
begin return & sink.

I dare not look her way
nor succumb to her prose
nor swoon to her nature
rapt in longing sway
in winds of arid desert sandy
grounds.

I would easily do the things
I’m not supposed to do.
I could easily love You
fall gently into Your pistil
and drown in Your
serene sweet nectar.

When I go hiking in the
Arizona Desert,
I must be careful
for distracted
I know I would willingly
get lost


…………in You.