delicacy – Leaf And Twig

Magnolia

petals
whisper pink
delicacy in all things

deceptive in their delicacy
older than the dinosaurs
the fern a living fossil

late snow
the celestial and terrestrial
entwines

tall stalk
laden with delicate blooms
defying wind and rain

painted by the sun
your delicate constitution
echos on the woodland path

thrown to the ground
by a punishing wind
intricacies undaunted

dawn’s delicacy
belies
the bitter cold

dahlia’s delicacy
in counterpoint
to fall’s exuberance

such a freedom of flowering
her delicacy
beguiles her toughness

the fairest
of them
all

blooming through
the ferocious winter
beauty’s tenacity

mediation
on lavender and grey
fern’s delicate display

Golden leaves filled with sparkle
a winter delicacy of the woodland fairies.