Slack-Petal

first light
still dew on
pink-washed
cloudy blossoms
forced
as they are
against the sun
on thin,
over-supple stems
grow pale
and
slack-petalled
echoing
simple and bare-
quiet
beautifully
tumbling
d
  o
    w
       n
         h
            i
              l
                l
against time
towards
their cold winter's rest

© 2010 Lyndsey Warren