promises

 

dripping petals

promise forthcoming fruit

sweet apricots

butterfly love

 

for just a short season,

it dances on wind

and flutters its wings

to die in the dust

and forgotten by us.

edible

 

edible

delectable,  delicate

your skin like soft petals

entices me

to feast.

kiss me sweeter than wine

kiss me sweeter than wine

sweeter than blossoms of springtime,

much sweeter than waltzes of Chopin

which flow much sweeter than brandy-wine.

footprints

 

in youth, the world stretches out with paths of footprints

unknown before us , always tomorrow;

but age leaves the footprints of yesterdays haunted with long shadows

winter bloom

 

against the  winter winds

the camomille spreads its petals

and dreams of spring

golden hope

 

fleeting throughout life

our hopes are pinned

against the fates

like fragile butterflies

wild rose

Chopin fantasies shimmer

dripping transparent petals

from wild Bohemian roses

strawberry wishes

  

old age in winter

dreams of nothing sweeter

than strawberry kisses

stolen from youth’s lips

reflections

  

we see ourselves

in the other’s  eyes

as we hurry

through the crowded streets of life