Sphinx-Moth

Insects such as the nocturnal sphinx-moth Pollinate these flowers, these stars What are we if not nocturnal flowers- Ourselves in our, own lunar cycles We are the: Night Bloom Water Lilies. The Night Gladiolus, Moon Flowers, A naked man, a sitting figure, hands-on head. Body leant forwards, feet together Legs outstretched. Elbows on knees Where the shadows fall, we now see Eye sockets and an open jaw. He looks for the world like a skull When pictured moonlight lit from above But he too is just a flower in need of love. He too is a nocturnal sphinx-moth Waiting to pollinate his nocturnal flowers.