Did You Hear About The Dahlia Petals?

 

19 weaves of a dahlia,

all wilting into the

     most certain of all dooms.

 

I've put away my garden

for so long now

     in hopes of a stronger hope.

 

There has to be some

residue of significance in

     this remembrance of nothingness.

 

I must have counted enough Bougainvillaeas

to make the loveliest bouquet

     of fragrant roses.

 

Say, why did no one ever question

my solace

      in a futile attempt to break off my trance?

 

- Fior di Luna