Lilacs,
False blue,
White,
Purple,
Color of lilac.
Heart-leaves of lilac all over
New England,
Roots of lilac under all the
soil of New England,
Lilac in me because I am New
England,
Because my roots are in it,
Because my leaves are of it,
Because my flowers are for
it,
Because it is my country
And I speak to it of itself
And sing of it with my own
voice
Since certainly it is mine.
~from 'Lilacs' by Amy Lowell
