Fallen Petals

 Walking down a dead-end street

Empty and departed houses, lights off

Not a single sound, not a single cough

Autumn trees with fallen petals

Take a moment for all the

Fallen petals of possibility

Once shiny flowers with their petals wrapped in armor

Now wilted and rusted

Let us wallow in what could have been 

We let our guard down

As a result, our crown fell to the ground 

Like falling petals.

written by Zoe