My name is Erythronium grandiflorum, but I sing my bright yellow under the more common name of glacier lily. Perhaps you know my first cousin Yellowbell or my wayward and more distant cousin Beargrass. I am first to emerge from the snow castle and first to collect sunlight cast across the forest floor.
Mine is a simple and serene life, but
I stand before you with the perfect, sturdy grace granted the first
color-bearer within the distant woods.
Please, call me Lily—if grandeur
overwhelms.
A Glacier Lily Near the Cabin
—Mitchell Hegman
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