white peony
purity expressed
in petals
Innocence
Following Instructions
mother said
stay off the road
hide if trouble comes
Sweet Rise
early morning
held in spring’s
caress of innocence
Bird and Babe
inside
the flowering
white ring of innocence
Renewal
dappled light
the blossom’s scent
innocence returned
New
everything a wonder
the world
is brand new
New
too new to the world
to know fear
the fawn questions
with eyes of innocence
Residence
Across the bridge of otherness
innocence resides in a white rose.