Elanor’s Photosynthesis

if, from a lightning bug light
you could summon from the sun
enough energy to pass through
these dusk shadowed days
no need would wither
your green silk
or hasten you to unfold
your compact buds
to bask in a lamp orb
or balance on the bow of a bent beam
of fluorescent flicker.
but since energy
can only be caught
from an unpolluted sun
cracked window blinds
are your truest friend
and the pale puff
from your bereaved breath
(if you had a way to breath)
on the sun tinted glass
would mark the only sign
of life within your wilted leaves.