in the bedroom vase
she carried color and hope
all through the long winter
The Dried Hydrangea
Holding Space
summer’s ghost
saving a place
for her corporeal self
To Be Held
embraced
without distortion
protected and cherished
Beauty Of The Spent Bloom
grace remained
even after
your youth departed
The Queen’s Scepter
knighthood
is bestowed upon
all the glories and duties of snow
Little Flowers
in winter
even the smallest reminders
of flowers nourishes
Deceptive Delicacy
blooming through
the ferocious winter
beauty’s tenacity
Reminiscence
goldenrod in winter
summer’s memory keeper
And
crystals and petals
drift and bloom
shimmer and flower
Remains
all that remains
is all that is needed