Oblation

'Oblation' by Don Hartridge

'I watch the undulating butterfly / draw nectar from the open flower' | Photo: Photo: Louise Docker / flickr CC.

Wrapped in the silent Quaker hour
I see behind closed eyes
the lattice of a purple honeycomb.
I watch the undulating butterfly
draw nectar from the open flower
whose shy sense shapes the gift
of hidden power.

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