iron orchid

*for a friend*

A hothouse flower
of the wildest variety,
cymbidia blooms
under unlikely conditions.
No ordinary Rose
no garden's daisy,
her petals drip honey
of sweet poetry and soft kisses.
Thorn pierced,
her silken heart bleeds
sweet nectar
in a ceaseless stream.
A steamy exotic creation,
she will not be crushed underfoot;
her power aches inside,
painfully breeding new growth
to unfurl with the spring.
She is a breed unto herself,
matchless in beauty
waiting to be possessed
by one worthy of her grace.