Bursting Into Flowers

Upon rockets they'd been launched into the night sky Each of them more beautiful than the ones before Exploding in bright array, resounding on high Despite the scent of acrid smoke, crowds shouted, "More!" Each of them more beautiful than the ones before Bursting into life like newly blossomed flowers Despite the scent of acrid smoke, crowds shouted, "More!" Like tossed petals they fell in prismatic showers Bursting into life like newly blossomed flowers Exploding in bright array, resounding on high Like tossed petals they fell in prismatic showers Upon rockets they'd been launched into the night sky December 31, 2020 Firewors Poetry Contest Sponsored by Eve Roper