Cherry Blossoms

i

beside a cherry
tree soft with early buds you
gave your love to me.

 

ii

you cannot hurry
spring — cherry blossoms only
blossom when they’re due.

 

iii

as a bird cries out
one single blossom petal
reluctantly falls.

 

iv

a cherry blossom
lost on the breeze nestles a
moment at my feet.

 

v

cold nights naked trees —
only now is your absence
intolerable.