Just because it is spring does not mean
that everything will be in bloom.
Even for the blossoming
plants and trees, there are leaves
that fall even as
they grow. Flowers
bloom over-
coming
woe.
NaPoWrimo April 9 prompt, a poem in a specific form – the nonet! A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable.