Slam What What You Will (Scholarship Entry) 2015

blossoms.

life, a cherry blossom tree 

the essence of it in pink and red clumps. 

the roots hold them high up

to be sheltered and be sheltered

underneath the vast night sky

beneath the bright blue atmosphere.

the tiny flowers

sections of people

rest in layers together

to fend off wind, rain, sun, snow.

together they stand

united as one

until the grains

inside the hourglass let them go

trickling, trickling, trickling

the grains fall

in time

with the flowers

til they fall

onto the

ground.

and the roots

decay

saying

goodbye

to

life

yet

the

rain falls

and feeds the earth

moisture seeping in

the seedlings, the dead petals

from below

rejoice

and 

grow to

relive this

merry go

round

of

life.