Sunday, October 16, 2005

Gardens (Press)

soft and fragrant
that rose
brightest
in the bouquet

dies from sudden disease -
edges brown
and crispy
petals falling to the ground
stepped on

the bloom drifts
to the earth
becoming
dirt itself
unnoticed it will lie forever
small and brown and dead.

1 comment:

Krista Lenore said...

Thanks! Hey! I'm not the only one up this late on a school night!