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- Dying Orchid
- Washing Their Feet
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Dying Orchid
by Mildred Espree
This Monday morning,
I nursed my dying orchid
with bark chip, charcoal, soil.
This, their medicine
and my gentle caress.
Their music — My faithfulness
in another rare bloom.
In this room of breathing greenery
I often forget my own sickness,
and remember the simplicity
of this cycle, this circle that
brings home crowned holiness,
as my soul transforms
dimentionally.
I, who on this journey.
have grown intenional in my end times,
finding comfort in the
endlessly primordial.
@mildred michelle barlow-espree (2026) All rights reserved.
© [Mildred Michelle Barlow-Espree [2026]. All rights reserved.
Washing Their Feet
by Mildred Espree
for Jared Hilary
Basil and Lemongrass.
Garlic and the Greenest Tea,
Oregano steeped in purest Olive Oil
penetrating from the inside out,
for my son who was Born to Overcome.
For immuniy to demons within and without.
Because sometimes what goes unsaid
is too deep, too painful, too true,
for the Joy inside I feel
when you smile and close your eyes
Despite Everything.
I saw it in our picture, once,
and again
when you held her hand on your wedding day,
One day,
when that crown I gave you can no longer
Hide itself.
You’ll know more,
realize deeply
what mere words
can’t say
and vibrate with each breath,
With your soul sight,
Our heritage
the one that thrived on
teaching you
how to wash
their feet.
© Mildred Michelle Barlow-Espree [2026]. All rights reserved.
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