Atropa Bella-Donna

Creeping through waste ground
Winding over stony places
With stems arching, stretching, yearning
Bending, breaking, bearing large,
Stalked, ovate, entire leaves
Painfully drooping dulled purple
Brightened with yellow slivers
Welcoming in the heat, the cascade of rain
Forming a lozenge-size berry
At first deep green
Melting into a penetrating red
Fading to grey met with black
Beauty growing from decay
Deadly nightshade