Bowed

Close up photo of a rose, facing downwards.

Head bowed solemnly;
an existential crisis
overwhelms a rose.

Day after

Photo of the afternoon sun shining through the canopy of a fruit tree.

Peering through the trees,
promising a better day—
sun after the storm.

Sprung

Close up photo of raindrops on a rose leaf, with a pink rose in the background.

Raindrops on roses,
clearing skies, shiny rainbows,
pollen flies; spring-ing.

Shade

Close up photo of a small key lime fruit on the tree, behind its leaves.

Freckled teenager
avoiding direct sunlight:
young lime on its tree.

Flown

Close up photo of a bird’s nest, crumbling between the branches of a flower tree.

Fledglings leave the nest,
the last of the twigs crumble:
parents’ duties done.