Sunday, September 30, 2018

Sovereignty

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Sovereignty

Heat of day sways
a delicate beauty with resolute spine

but don't confuse lace
with weakness

or drops of blood
with defeat.

Spirit, wild and free
is nature's way;

so why so often do we seek
to tame and bind?

by Margaret Bednar, September 30, 2018

Note:  In the second year, Queen Anne's Lace has a red or purple center which legend says is Queen Anne of Great Britain's spilled blood from a pricked winter while tatting lace.

linked (late) with "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman - Earth Grief"

2 comments:

Kerry O'Connor said...

A beautiful piece, steeped in history. Queen Anne's lace always reminds me of my grandmother.It grew in her garden.

Priscilla King said...

I love Queen Anne's Lace, aka wild carrots--even though the legend here says the spot in the center is a biting mite. (Not true. Biting mites do live in this part of the world, but they're smaller than the centers of Queen Anne's Lace.)