Tumbling veil of roses, blush pink and red

like apples strung together

fall around her face.

Sucking in smells:

oxygen

rich

plants crave her majesty’s light,

twitching whiskers in twisting bushes

I revel in nature’s underbelly.

Sweet nectar perfume drips

down, blue sky, falls

valley of a granite storm

Mother’s release of her pain.

Black trees etched in green

mossy skins climb high

reflected naked branches above

in the pavement under reddening thighs.

Nature weeps, she sings in bird song

as men retreat indoors

life within painted walls

gives breath to the rest of the world.

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Emily Rath Orzabal is a photographer and writer from Denver, Colorado. She has completed a BA in Fine Arts at Pepperdine University, studied darkroom photography in Italy, attended the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine in Scotland, and completed certification as a Level 2 Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and Level 3 through the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. Most recently, she has completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster in London. She currently resides in England with her husband and is writing her first novel.