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I just want to end the day with a sense of accomplishment. The alluring beauty of the hyacinth (water lily) and the dangers she faces offers hope to a tired soul seeking repose at the day's end. To the teeming blossoms of the deltas, I dedicate...

To a Water Hyacinth

She floats and flows with the current.
With grace, she moves further on,
Unaware of the lurking tempest,
A maelstrom bent to destroy.

Underneath her green leafy stems,
The minnows seek refuge.
Small creatures tucked away
From a day's labor now seems at end.

Atop the hyacinth's stem, sprouts a bud.
She heralds her fragrance and hopes,
That those who seek her earthly presensce
Need not stray elsewhere, nor stay behind.

She envies not the roses of the balmy desert;
Nor the oasis' vernal blossoms;
Of beckoning marigolds and magnolias, or
Lilies neatly arranged by the beaten road.

A bit of Eden soothes the weary mortal;
Amidst a host of angels and their lyres,
They herald the pain and lull the soul.
For a restful night that beckons home.

Malvar Alvarez
October 26, 2007