Wisteria by Betsy Phillips (she/her)

Wisteria unannounced 

And for a quiet moment 

Bleeds from the trees delicate 

And lovelier than the night which produced it. 

But when you return perhaps a week later

to have of her again

She is no more 

And won’t be 

Until some unknowable day next year.

My unknowable day is unknown to me

But I think

It is not this

And will be 

Like the wisteria hour 

The most beautiful thing 

For one breath only.