By Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez
Delicate like snowflakes dripping
from heavenly clouds, blessing
nature frozen in time & giving
life another chance to feel again.
I the warmth in ice.
Delicate like flower petals waking
to the spring morning vying
for the love of the sun & glowing
rainbows across concrete lined streets.
I the savior of this grey land.
Delicate like hot shores succumbing
to the will of the waves, shape shifting
for the pleasure of the ocean & evolving
to create new borders untouched by man.
I the mother of all.
Delicate like dehydrated leaves bowing
to the kiss of the wind painting
a dying world the colors of fire, pushing
earth to breathe like the phoenix.
I the heartbeat in death.
Delicate is my name, yet
deathless I remain.