Phalaenopsis Orchid
Conversation is impossible.
I cannot even thank you,
cannot compliment your poise
as you stand on the window ledge,
flowers trapping the light,
your petals so purple
I feast on the sight.
If only it were Wednesday,
I could lay an ice cube
on the bark chips
for you to drink.
Today I can only look.
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for thirty years. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers' Award and the Rhysling Award. Her latest poetry book, "How to Navigate Our Universe," answers vexing questions such as "How to Surprise Saturn" and "How to Survive a Black Hole." She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com and an equally cryptic Twitter account (@MarySoonLee).