Wildflowers

by Ambar Rivera

University of the Incarnate Word

Ambar Rivera-Pérez is a Music Composition major at the University of the Incarnate Word (with an estimated graduation date of Spring 2027). In their time at this institution, they have earned recognitions for their achievements in the music theory and music history tracks, had their own music premiered, and have been hired by the university as a tutor for the core music classes. Although music is their bread and butter, they also enjoy dabbling in other artistic pursuits in their free time - one of these being poetry. Like the rest of their work, these poems are often inspired by nature and by things that happen in their life. 

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she is wildflowers to me: 

calm, graceful, colorful, serene. 

something so pristine it seems almost fragile, 

yet resists even the harshest conditions and regrows 

     again 

and again 

  and again, 

blooming ever more beautiful every time. 

she is sunlight to me: 

dazzling and radiant, 

light that hugs the skin in oh so tender embrace, 

caressing me with golden rays and gentle warmth 

until I’m whole, and healed, and new. 

she is rainfall to me: 

buzzing, living static, 

the sound of sky’s laughter and earth’s rejoicing; 

that which 

drop, 

by drop, 

by drop, 

wakes the world from wintry slumber and 

dresses it in lively hues come spring. 

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