“a leafy bloom’s pledge"

Firm will enters through hidden morphemes,

a vow carried without leaf or bloom.

Resolve bends but does not shatter,

its path refusing the easy blossom.

Leaf trembles against the restless air,

flower opens to a waning flame.

Soil shifts beneath uncertain steps,

and measure falters in unspoken time.

Vows rise in breath’s hollow

cadence moves with the turning sky.

Their song gathers in unmeasured flight,

and hours scatter into widening space.

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