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Michael Minassian lives with his wife in Southern New England. He is a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His poetry collections Time is Not a River, Morning Calm, and A Matter of Timing as well as a chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, are all available on Amazon. For more information: https://michaelminassian.com.

Lilacs Come Undone

Michael Minassian

The dream is a slow waterfall—
birds fly through the mist,
they wear casual suits
made from feathers and bones.

Rain falls and shimmers
in the sunlight
like a school of fish
turning together in the sea.

Inside a burning house
bees play violins—
I eat chocolate cake
at the kitchen table.

My friend knocks on the front door,
bringing a bouquet of weeping women,
drowsy with sleep and grief,
like lilacs come undone.

I wipe away words
floating in the air,
the library of my mind
holds a snapshot of verse.

— Michael Minassian

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