She
left a flower
on
the kitchen counter,
a
single flower,
a
single sunflower
placed
on the marble surface,
yellow
against gray, the edges
of
the petals already darkening
as
life ebbed slowly, leaving
a yellow
stain behind.
Photograph by Rostislav Kralik via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
1 comment:
the yellow stain
darkning into
deep blue night
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