left behind (thank you tec, fogglethorpe & Brownlie)

[Heartafire]

Revised

Sweating in the blaze of summer;
pulsing through ascending vines,
mature and firm.
Swollen in the sweltering heat,
bruised love-bitten, dripping
bitter-sweet.
Mourn the vintage left behind,
lost forever to the harvest.

Original

Sweating in the blaze of summer;
pulsing through ascending vines,
raised ripe and firm.
Swollen in the sweltering heat,
bruised love-bitten, dripping
bitter-sweet.
Mourn the untended left behind,
lost forever to the harvest.