Zinnia

caution errs

for i am wont
to miss you

shuffled beds
of verdant needles

coaxing resinous plumes
to ripple

all we shared

shadows projected

kismet
of my zinnia

pools of sapphire
strewed your step

touching down
to scorch each pole

whence your aura traced the sky

how it was
we ever lived

forever
will escape me

those twilit tales
give chase

once seen

as we are sound

o waltz of precious carapace

whose promise
i still keep

from heaven

hold me
’til we are
no longer