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In your life’s travel
\nyou may find yourself
\nmoving
\nthrough a garden of wildflowers.<\/p>\n

You will not have to look for me;
\nyou will notice me
\n~ waving to you
\n~ in a cool moist breeze
\n~ fanning you
\n~ with glorious coloured petals \u2014
\n~ splays of brilliant bold feathers
\nin a joyful skip that boasts my splendour
\n~ in my pick and follow-me mating dance\u2014
\n~ one that you will remember
\nlike
\n~ your first love,
\n~ your first kiss,
\n~ your first heart-racing moment
\nas your breath is caught
\nwith that jaw-dropping sense of beauty
\nwhich moistens your eyes,
\nin blood-surging wonder.<\/p>\n

Years later,
\nyou swallow that same lump in your throat,
\nas your recalled journey summons my image
\ntriggered by those entries in your euphoric journal
\nused to describe your sweetest life bouquets.<\/p>\n

You will not have to revive memories of me;
\nyou will remember me
\nfor I am an etching
\ncarved and placed
\nin your primary
\npleasant memory spaces
\nghostlike
\nhaunting
\neach breath of air
\nyou breathe.<\/p>\n

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