Not at All

“Flower Painting 2011”
Painting by Mario Zampedroni
From deviantart.com

the child knows the flower
delights in the running
of handfuls of dirt
through her fingers

she understands naught
of the seed and its role
in the intermediacy
between blossom and soil

but what does it matter
it would seem not at all

the woman knows of love
and delights in the feelings
of tingling skin halting breaths
and the skip-beats of heart

she understands naught
of the heart and mind nexus
of its intermediacy
between selfness and selfless

but what does it matter
it would seem not at all