LILAC no.4

Key Notes: Lilac, Petrichor

Characteristics: humid, early evening rain, blue-pink, bright lip

the lilacs are at it again!

the whole block drunk on purple light

in that indolic way that makes you grab

from the generous display

and say smell this

like it’s not already all I smell

like i haven't been tracking each moment

since the buds first opened

and isn’t that just the thing

we want to isolate a moment

you with your lilacs, me with our fingers touching

but the petals keep falling

and the way your hair catches light now

versus ten minutes ago or

the precise duration

of a held breath before laughter.

[Launch year: 2019]