lilac

Coupling

lilac leaf buds
a double flamed torch
shimmering with desire for spring

in lilac’s first bloom
she unfurls
purple tipped leaf buds

final visit
to the last
of the lilacs

the day
at rest
lavender gloaming

lavender notes
lilac’s music carries us
to fairyland

intoxicating lilac
carrying all previous springs
in her heady perfume

Lilacs rest
on the picket fence
perfuming the end of May.

Both leaf and petal wear purple proudly
borrowing from violet, lilac and mulberry.

Prodigy of spring
sweetly scents
the warming days