Monday, April 5, 2010

Diaphane

For a moment, when she turned her head,
The bursting leaves on the elm tree
Were cherry blossoms instead.

And I wonder now, she later said,
If maybe they were as happy
As I, that I'd been misled.

8 comments:

Noxalio said...

small,
yet wonderfully
twisty.

not at all
transparent,
*wink*.

~im just only me~ said...

that rhyme. really? really?.. btdub you are making me feel unproductive... in more ways than one come to think of it bwahahhhaaa

don't be emily said...

Thanks, Noxalio. :) And Cass, you lost me somewhere in those really's...?

~im just only me~ said...

why the same a rhyme in the second stanza?

falforsi?... I dont know what that means, but it seems like a good question... lol

don't be emily said...

oh i dunno...cuz it just worked out that way...don't say it needs to be changed, it doesn't want to and won't be. :)

~im just only me~ said...

it never NEEDS to be, if you're ok with lame poetry. hahahhahaaa :P

don't be emily said...

Ok, I need a second, third and possibly fourth opinion on that.Anyone help me out here???

Noxalio said...

how's this then?

--
For a moment, when she turned her head,
The bursting leaves on the elm tree
Were cherry blossoms instead.

And I wonder, she said, later on,
If maybe they were as happy
As I, that I just had it wrong.
--

is everyone happy now? ha ha ...