About Orchids

Orchids in right angle more or less
flow fully bloomed
along branches

have been open
unchanging
for over a month

Pink petals
Redder centers
Doubled up on long stems

I could play a guitar
or write a poem as I sit
waiting for them to shift somehow

To fall off
To brown a bit
To show some kind of decay

but they don’t change
I am fearful of the day
that they will

until I relax
and close my eyes against it
or with it

as orchids go
I will go
or not

depending

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onward,
T