Silky white
a canopy blossoming,
dangling over her eyes
to the sky above her hands
in the earth
below, intertwining with
the spry blades of green sprouting.
The intoxicating scent
swirling in
her nostrils, wrapping around
her swelling brain and squeezing
Beautiful camelia
Lilting white flesh dotted with
insects, crawling out from her
heart, spilling
from her core
Bruised petals where eyes should be,
dark marks like hands ‘round a throat
White petals
stained crushed degraded beneath
feet that never bothered to
watch their step
