lords of the past that rue the day
flowers that blossom for today
enjoying the seasons as they rise and set
times and feelings of those you’ve met
ride on the petals carried in wind
recorded, kept, enfolded. begin
spin & spin as the cycle turns
soul, darkness & light adjourn
swords clash & arrows fly
evolve to renew in thine eye
caught between death & euphoria
the sight of ume & sakura
by *mandy wong*
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