Fading Petal

it's okay  
i, too, found a petal  
peach colored  
newly torn from its flower  
to me, it looked beautiful  
i took it home with me  
placed it on a nice plate  
thinking it would help it heal
or at least keep it the way it was  
yet, it withered slowly  
day after day  
until it lost its color  
that didn't matter to me  
i still wanted to keep it  
too fragile to throw away  
 
and now, i think i lost it  
i have no idea when  
but just as i remembered it  
i went to look for it  
and it was nowhere to be found  
probably crushed somewhere  
turning into ashes  
so it's okay  
to lose something along the way  
whether you chose to or not  
i'll just watch you  
as you drift away from me  
like the petal  
fading