Looks

close up photo of the spiky buds and the purple flowers of Stork's-Bills, also known as erodium plants.
Stork’s-Bills, also known as erodium plants

Pointy and scary
buds looking mean, aggressive—
give way to flowers

Emerge

close up photo of a bottlebrush flower, partly in bloom
Bottlebrush, a tree of the Myrtaceae family, endemic to Australia

As the seasons turn,
growing from the inside out—
bottlebrushes bloom.