This apple is

               a child

playing in a field

this apple is a cup

hanging ready on a hook

this apple is a fiery sun

setting red and gold

this apple is a garland

hanging round a neck

this apple is a body 

of flesh and shining skin

this apple is a photograph

of captured smiling eyes 

this apple is a friend

familiar and warm

this apple is a song

sung impromptu round a fire

this apple is a memory 

of spring and summer work

this apple full of seeds 

in a cycle of reprise

this apple waiting 

to find its time to rise.