Blossom Carpets

Blossom Carpets
by Vivian Gilbert Zabel

Blossoms once
cloaked branches of trees,
but now fallen on the ground
create a carpet of pale pink and white.
Green leaves now clothe limbs above
with a canopy shading
blossom carpets.

Blossoms lasted
such a short time
before their hands turned loose,
allowing them to drift to the ground below.
The newborn grass gladly welcomed them,
giving them a bed
to lie.

Now blossoms
coat the area beneath
the place where they were born.
Where else should they be, where else indeed,
but providing a blanket for trees
providing the source of
blossom carpets.

Note: This poem is a word-Eintou. An Eintou has seven lines with a pattern formed by either syllables or words. In the syllable form, the lines follow the pattern below:

1st line - 2 syllables
2nd line - 4 syllables
3rd line - 6 syllables
4th line - 8 syllables
5th line - 6 syllables
6th line - 4 syllables
7th line - 2 syllables.

In the word form, rather than syllables, the number of words are used in each line, from two words in the first line to two words in the last line.