Folded Swan

A pink origami paper square
Folded into a swan
Wings arched and overlapping
Concealing a gift.
A chocolate wrapped in foil - green
With possibility
With sweetness
With Christmas
Untasted.

She lies so very still
Arms gently folded, fingers overlapping
A young, new-minted bride—

Who forsook the gift,
Of a life that was foil green
With possibility
With sweetness

And left it
Untasted.