I crack the door
Light seeps in
In an ever slight manner
Chills
It's summer
Risk
The door bangs open
Hinges scream protest
It's a daring day
Something disturbs my stoop
An anomaly interrupting thought
A mere flower
Tiny
Too wild for names
It's white
It's blinding
Gingerly I steal the bloom
Peering further within
I spy some taint upon her
Minute speckles of impurity
Moved
With dampened eyes
I perch the petaled idol
Upon my buttonhole
And thrust myself back
Through the door
Into the welcoming dark
Proudly in my sacred space
I boast my impure searchlight
Misfortune
I traverse outside once more
Many days past
Meekly passing through my portal
I've confidence now
I've my little bloom of courage
As I breathe unfamiliar air
I steal a glance at my treasure
Loss
She has wilted
Of two worlds
Too different, too strange
To take one from another
One thrives
The other dies
Morose
I pluck the doused lamp
From my bitter buttonhole
And toss her gently
To the grassy lawn
I fear what I've damaged
Lingering to bask
In this alien world
Finally I retreat
Into the life I know
Nothing can unite
The conflicts and affection
Of minds opposed
Denial
