"Little White Flower"

little white flower in the snow
white snow piled high
leopard trimmed snowsuit
a wild child in the ohio snow
year after year blooming into
the little white flower
wilting alone in the night
her past destroying the present
yesterday ruining today
running from the night
mistakes holding her in the darkness
that won't let her go
the little white flower
in the bottom corner
waits patiently surrounded
in the square of pictured darkness
the frame around the black square
glowing like a bright white light
the little white flower is
waiting for the next frame
that will be reflected through
the crystal ball lense
film moving missing nothing
watching a flower grow
years flashing on the screen like
an old black and white movie
showing at the princess theatre
on the corner of main street
and vine for a dime
say about 1938
in the darkness
when the little white flower
was just a bud