Four Poems in Unrhymed Cadence - IV. In the Garden by Frank Stewart Flint Lyrics

The grass is beneath my head;
and I gaze
at the thronging stars
in the aisles of the night.

They fall... they fall....
I am overwhelmed,
and afraid.

Each little leaf of the aspen
is caressed by the wind,
and each is crying.

And the perfume
of invisible roses
deepens the anguish.

Let a strong mesh of roots
feed the crimson of roses
upon my heart;
and then fold over the hollow
where all the pain was.