When You Bloom

October 4th 2023

I reach upwards, my fingertips brushing against your face, as a new petal unfurls along your cheekbone; a hibiscus bloom in late summertime. It lays delicately in a rosy-red display upon your skin. I begin to wonder where you came from, for I seem to only remember the green of your leaves as the seasons came and went. Could it be that you are proof of the intricacies that time reveals to us?…

…for from your eyes spread the seeds of growth and new beginnings.