"Resolute"

Resolute

Pink rose in a planter

thrived
three winters.
On the fourth spring,
sprouts absent,
I give it to the sunny
plot. 

Slim chance of retrieval, 

rose spirit sapped.
Charcoal color thorns
intact.

A crystal
I place with the
transplant

––uncertain medicine
rooted in purity of
thought:

what can idly die
as long as I conceive
otherwise?

~ LCMH