my flamboyant moments

i was here, in full blossom

me and this lucid body mine

being a thin shadow in this grand show

of nature’s flamboyant moments

amid burgeoning colours

and bergamasque clouds

and now I shall squander this body here

and let it continue to play a pawn

in this zero sum game of yours

and leave soon myself

and play my own games

that I left unifinished

in my own flamboyant moments

in the seasons of tea leaves and lemon grass

of marigolds lone serenading

in the fragrant birch grooves

now I’ll shall be soon gone

to spare no time

and when you come

you see my body busying in this play

that you are so familiar with

and mock me like a child

but I’ll be elsewhere

busying myself in a play

that needs no winning or losing

but just the play

between I and my flamboyant moments

Ottawa 7:19 pm