Cherry Tree

Underneath the cherry tree,

Framed above in pink and blue,

I dreamed away the last of springtime;

Summer spreads her wings,

Coming all too soon.

Split open wide the chrysalis of loneliness,

I watch it fly so high above -

Free of all the ties that bind us,

Loosening the stranglehold of love.

Soldier ants are marching through the forest grown of grass.

A crow is cawing as it comes to feed.

All of life is dust, disintegrating in the breeze.

Underneath the cherry tree,

Petals rain down bruised in pink and brown.

I close my eyes, now abandoned,

Holding back the dark, the awful thought of you.