Orchids

Orchids_*

Flowers, delicate, precious

Decorate and give pleasure.

Luxurious lavenders,

Exquisite beauty placed

For Sensuous view.

Orkhis, from the Greek

Rooted in meaning.

Fragile, sensitive, priceless to man.

Hidden in modesty

Witnessed by two.

RED ©1983

*written while recovering from orchitis