Patricia M. Twining-Obarski
Works

Face of Flowers

Blueweed, the Gods made you

Configured from flowers

Meadowsweet, oak, and broom,

A consort to the Sun God

Expected to bask

In his reflected glory

You grew restless

Being a trophy bride

Found a lover in the greenwood

Lord of the animals, the Wild Hunt,

The stag, the boar, the horse

He saw more than

A face of flowers

When the gods found out

You wanted a life of your own

You were banished

Transformed into an owl

Sovereign of the Night

Still, you haunt the darkness