Green and blooming
Something new
An unforeseen future awaits
Hope, abounding opportunity
Waiting for me at the gates
Ripened, at the height of climax
Beautiful shade of pink
Heavenly scented, heavenly sent
A blessing I’ve been lent
Spring arises from the winter
And melts under the heat
Leaves burn off, parched for water
Now my heart slows its beat
A hope died in me today
I withered in the sun
I’m a peony in love
Now I wear a tomb of soil
Wrapped around me like a glove.
Peonies
