Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim
They’d been held to the stem as though holding their breath’
Collectively they agree to exhale and be free
Now one after another they tumble silently

Oblivious to me
The ashes of last night
sigh into a heap.

Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim
I am woken in a moment as they break the air
Disintegrate integrate with resigned grace
lining up to jump they remind me of tears

Sudden and many fall
I look to you