Friday, April 21, 2023

Yearnings and Shadows

Shadows of other lives

creep alongside my path like faithful dogs

in that way of fatigue visions

they appear in the periphery 

not vaguely as you might imagine 

but solemnly insistent


There is a smell of smoke in the air

passing over my face 

a river with snags and mud

impossibly strong current


Does the mind present such visions

for no reason

stray figments of fatal disasters 

the opposite side of the fresh leaves pushing daily out of the ground 

adorning once bare branches

 

The spring garden is a place of yearning

where I wonder why the Bartlett pear

has fifty blossoms and the Anjou none

and the Johnny jump up ripped and eaten all winter by the puppy

remains a plump pillow of blossoms

 

Resilience is key in everything 

hear that, honey crisp apple branch

be like the Fuji

find your blossoms 

dress for the summer that is on the way 


#NaPoWriMo

#dejavu

#lilacsinbloom

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