#1500

youth falls asleep and

lilac petals are scattered

across battlefields

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Written for the Tricycle February 2024 May Challenge using the Spring season word, lilac, but was not entered.

#1499 (#183)

i was once tallest

these young ones all look down

as i used to do

#1498 (#182)

it looks down on us

through its awesome golden crust -

pasty in the sky