honeysuckle

[witness_light]

a slow white swirl
of fragrant
petal
fluttering
to the gutter

i love such small
creatures
for a moment
of light
caught in my throat,
my heartbeat

days later she wilts
into the sidewalk
where my steps pass
over her brown
corpse

oh, i know you love me
falling as i do
before your face
for a moment
in the spring.