New Shoots

photo by Kit Yoon

New Shoots

By Fro Macoon 

They grow,

Shooting up in little green threads,

Silky as a blanket,

Breathing in life from the rich, dark soil.

Stretching to the sunlight above,

Trembling in the slightest breeze,

New life grows

In the cracked ceramic of its 

home.

Heat

photo by Kit Yoon

Heat

by Fro Macoon

Heat,

Like a drop of pure sun,

Touches everything in the first ray of light,

Setting the leaves on fire,

Bathing everything in its warm golden glow.

Like liquid honey,

In the slow breeze

Ripening tomatoes,

Calling everything,

Towards sleepiness in its

Heat. 

Amaryllis

photo by Kit Yoon

Amaryllis

by Fro Macoon

Scarlet red,

Red as the wisp of sunset clouds in the sky,

Stretching the tips of the flowers to warmth, sun,

Opening like a robin spreading its wings.

Stalks as green as a grapevine,

Snaking its red beauty up to the sky,

Petals like a sheet of velvet to the touch

Amaryllis.