Sunday, May 4, 2008

Breathe it in

Things that you see when you venture to the other side of your life:

lilac trees with beautiful blossoms whose delicious scent permeates the air around you

awakening grape vines in meticulously kept gardens in people's back yards

the rippling current of the murky river

chalk drawings on sidewalks

the remnants of a playground

your soul.

2 comments:

scordell said...

What a lovely poem! Thank you for sharing those thoughts. In our back yard now, the redbud trees, lilacs and flox (FLOX!) are in bloom, and the azaleas in the front are popping. The pink dogwood is beautiful.

As I drive to work, the vineyards are also budding. In fact, one of the winemakers told me last week he was up all night on "frost watch."

And below our house, the Grand River is swollen with spring rain, mocha brown and bubbly.

Spring comes again.

Kimberly Cordell said...

Oh my poets fill me with a lust for life.