Golden Shower - Nature's Regal Confetti

Golden Shower 

- Nature's Regal Confetti 

By Abe V Rotor

Inflorescence of Golden Shower (Cassia fistula) hangs

in the lazy summer air, confetti to promenaders

and weary passersby. 

The Siberian High lulls you to sleep,

     While summer heralds your birth 

Into a kingdom regal yet brief 

     That reigns over a parched earth. 

You greet the sun with garlands of gold, 

     Dancing the whole day through; 

And soon explode into a thousand fold, 

     Only to fall and cease to grow. 

Sybil’s ghost hangs, flowerless you stand, 

     Save pods dangling in dull chime 

In the wind - then fall to the ground. 

    ‘Tis the end of summer time.~

                                                           Acknowledgement: Internet photos