The first blush rush
With all its newness
Intoxicates
In the full Reproduction dance

The petals fade as seeds ripen
And fall as water dwindles…
But then come the
Late rains

The ones that reinvigorate
That restore
That push one more
Full. Bloom.

In that time
On the battleground of green leaf and red leaf sisters Is a second chance

To unfurl fully
In dewy glory
In ebullient explosion
Of the glowing star embers