Snapdragons

~ Antirrhinum

Flax flower, dog flower with a maw
gaping under the weight of a bee
or pressure from fingers— 

Is the soul really stronger 
than it believes 
itself to be? 

So many filaments
in the canopy, tugged 
by an unseen force. 

Where the sun begins
to disappear from the world,
the light is briefly gold.

I too have opened 
my mouth even when
it was not asked.