For Edward Ibeh's This Or That, Vol 38 Poetry Contest
April 30, 2026
May’s blossom on the bush was my delight. Her birth came soonest of all the flowers’. When was it that she first beheld sun’s light? Did it fall on her in dawn’s first hours? I wonder how she felt when sudden rain fell, pounding her before her blossoming, and did she know how short would be her reign once she’d emerged to greet the world in spring? An unexpected snowfall came one day before her sister roses could join her. How strange it was to have that freeze in May. I could almost hear it – her silent brrr - as she – poor, frozen blossom in the snow - no more would feel her rosy life force flow.
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