"Harbinger of Spring" by Sierra July, Frequent Contibutor

Harbinger of Spring

Sierra July

She thought she would sprout wings

When her back began to ache

Instead what pushed through her skin

Were petals, pink and gold

Layered about each other like delicate scales

She at first felt crushing fear and disgust, but

Once outside, the wind touched her new appendages

And scattered them far beyond what her eyes could see

Where they touched the earth, flower buds grew

In a thousand different shapes and hues

Poet's Notes: This one is inspired by a show called Haibane Renmei where mystery surrounds a set of girls who sprout wings. Instead of ordinary feathered wings, I thought it would be cool if their appendages were made of something else. With the thought of spring, the appendages easily became flower petals, and my character became the Harbinger of Spring, similar to winter's Jack Frost about whom I've also written poems.