Sakura
At the start of spring,
Verdant buds form,
subtle, still
yet
tightly closed like a fist
that won’t budge
At the heart of spring,
pale pink glimpsed,
cocooned, still furled.
Sunlight kisses warmth
into their stems, so
they yield unwillingly.
Then,
magic ascends,
layers of tissue paper
unwrap, gossamer-thin.
Blooms appear, spun like candy floss,
until the breeze blows a snowstorm
and the delicate pale pink petals
swirl, hover, f l o
a
t
to
the
ground
in a dance of confetti.