a congealed bit of sunshine <br />is wrapped in the deep roots of a lily <br />a thousand children played right overhead, <br />in the day of your beginning: <br />racing to the water, <br />running from the waves <br />or dancing in the wind. <br />A concealed bit of sunshine, <br />as if you were hidden on purpose, <br />by design, you sleep in the dark <br />and a single flower is the X to mark your place <br />One day, the father will find you, <br />but carry home to his wife only the single stem <br />of a purple lily. <br />Values emulsify, solidify as he leaves you, <br />glittering diamond, <br />in the steady light of the sun.<br /><br />Bonnie Shipman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lily-sand/
