Deb Fowler - A Blue Iris

The rains had come
to cool and soothe
the ashes & embers
of burnt out thoughts

her heart a blue iris, its
petals shredded by the wind,
too weak to stand, too proud
to sway

a strange blue cancer in
her yellow garden.

Deb Fowler

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