The apple tree's the apple of my eye;
as these first blossoms open, they flower
through all my retrospect such clotted dreams
as if no winters had ever withered by.Inhaling this deeply-nectared sweetness,
futures wing-dance in expectation's beams,
yet time slow-slurs within this bough-bower
savoring long moments of completeness.No god made these. Maybe a goddess breathed
some loved name through the fleeing universe
that all the atoms swerved in resonance
and something woke of selving consequence.Stand, golden suns in green blade space, unsheathed,*
as all the tangled curves time tells are wreathed.............................
*The dandelions beneath the tree - which have reached their peak.
This is my apple blossom, opening: