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Cherry Blossoms

By Tim Troll

I

The cherry blossoms
fade into spring
like melting snow
upon evergreen

II

The cherry blossoms
drift in a sad air
faces from the past
in slow despair
accounted for
remembered
no longer clear

III

The cherry blossoms
dispel no pain
only the river
passing quietly
encounters change

IV

Let me pass the last day
beneath the cherry blossoms
when the moon is full
and the wind is in from the sea