Those Who Look, Find

I see a goddess in the silver anklet,
I hear music.

Impatiens psittacina, Parrot Flower,
discovered in the Shaw State of Burma, 1889

I saw a man in the rocks,

you laughed!

But you saw lovers kissing,
I only saw the moon.

And you, crying, waiting

for a sign you find,

when you break the rind
of an egg.

Parrot flowers,
and eggs yolked in two,
Keep searching.

The answer is kind,
those who look, find.


- Shaista, 2011