Wilt

Maybe it was the heat from some unknown source that brought the wave.
How can the same recipe for life
One part sun
Or
One part rain
Now seem like such an extreme.
So extreme I begin
to drag
to droop
to wilt
The rain water
saving
collecting in petals and leaves
So much so I begin to collapse under the weight.
The same life giving sunlight that blazes a path to glory now beats down so hard
I am left dried out.
I fall.
I melt.
I wilt.