After Blooming, in the Light

F3 size
273 × 220 mm

This piece holds
neither the anticipation before blooming,
nor the brilliance of full bloom.

And yet—
there is something unmistakably here.

A quiet radiance
that can only appear
after a life has been fully lived.

Not proud of having bloomed.
Not afraid of fading.

Simply here,
now,
within the light.

Perhaps this—
is what it means
to be fulfilled.