Shower of Petals

You close your eyes, expression softened

Left in your hand, enclosed is a flower

Its vibrant red petals in bloom

Look, how innocent they are

Showering down, hiding your weakness

Shielding you from reality

Only to let the pain subside and ebb away

Waking up in a different realm

A world of new indifference

A world of white petals

As if your only companions

Transformed into those mere white petals,

Left their world, to join you

The vibrant red no longer lingers

And in your hand is left a stem

With its petals picked bare.

Ever so gently, they fall

From the sky, around in air,

Bringing you back the memories

Since you were three.

Letting you experience the

Most embarrassing and nervous

Moments, along with sorrow,

And true happiness.

A world of white petals,

Showering down, lightly,

Beckoning you to come visit us some time

And they leave

Their petals bring back

The new life in itself,

A radiant purple.