Scilla siberica

Scilla siberica

Connor Brown

I hope one day to wake among
the perfect purple flowers
Slake my morning thirst, dry lips
with sips from their powdered flagons

Oblation, ablution
ablation, absolution—

It’s one of these I know
or all of them at once
once I have taken
Once I am given rinsed
removed forgiven
all I ever want
of all I’ve ever wanted.

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Connor Brown
Writer & Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student

This is Connor's first published piece of poetry. He writes a Substack newsletter, The Kingfisher Chronicle, featuring reflections on spirituality and art.

Photography by Eugene Goloves