i extend, caress a flower
to his thick black hair,
pull the trigger,
fire-
like coals to gray
ashes of immortality.
blossom bullets
weaving a hollow masterpiece
throughout his fertile memory,
seeding luscious overgrowth
spilling to the otherside
weeping willow.
i pick the petals,
as silk to teeth and tongue,
brush away his gray,
and contemplate my garden.