1.
Each year I fear for you

Will you come early?
Will snow come late?
Will you not
bloom?

And then you are here
so vibrant
and so brief

A cruel affair
I long to repeat

2.
How does it feel to be
a moment?

Like unrequited lust?
Let down
lingering on

Or like the fluttering of wings
before unfurling fingers
flight?

3.
Only a couple of days later
you look so sad

The wait never worth it

4.
This is not sad

It is
what it is

Love does not happen
after waiting

Love is
what is happening

5.
Let down your guard
line my sheets with your petals

Do you know how graceful you are
when falling?

Lullabye or siren song?

Either
or

enchanting

6.
In the sticky days of summer
when your remnants stick to my shoes

I will still think of you
when I drink cold juice

A burst
to soothe my longing