Quote #129439
The flower offered of itself
And eloquently spoke
Of Gods
In languages of rainbows
Perfumes
And secret silence...
Phillip Pulfrey
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Interpretation
The lines personify a flower as a self-giving presence whose very being becomes a kind of speech. Instead of literal words, it “speaks” through sensory and ineffable media—color (“languages of rainbows”), scent (“Perfumes”), and “secret silence.” The poem suggests a sacramental or mystical view of nature: divinity is not argued for but intimated through beauty, fragrance, and stillness. “Offered of itself” implies grace without coercion—revelation as gift rather than doctrine—while the plural “Gods” broadens the spiritual register toward mythic or pantheistic resonance. Overall, the passage frames perception as a form of reading: the attentive observer can hear the world’s quiet theology.




