On the last day of April
The cherry trees besides my home
Have passed the height of their blooming season
And boughs have grown weary with their
Pinkish charges which now litter the streets.
Finding no delight in the windfall
I turn my eyes upon the crabapple instead —
Blossoms of white flesh
Split ripe from magenta casings —
And fool myself into thinking
Of the impermanence of death.
RED GLADIOLA 
Now this is good! Better than my cherry blossom poems–and I LOVE your last line, wow.
Thanks! I was in a melancholy mood so that colored what I wrote. I think your poems are lovely. =)