...an ode to Spring's impending bloom
Nascent yellows emerge
from late winter atrophy,
juxtaposed just off
the well-trodden woodland trail
Cloven hoof prints beckoning a closer Frolic
The passing of time
is neither kind nor unkind
in this abundant forest sanctuary;
leaving winter’s stagnant palette,
pale in comparison,
The everlasting secret dandylion wishes of yesteryear
Wafting cadences fading
with wintertides' cast away hope,
august dreams of spring tableau
and a rising hope
for the dawning of unpromised somedays
Recurring memories of burgeoning wildflower meadows
vibrantly alive with the awakening call of the wild
Knowing time takes time,
alive with flourishing anticipation …,
the unbroken circle's perpetual motion turns,
continuum ..., again and again, renew;
leaving tiny cloven hooves bestrewn traces
in the wake of creations',
Spotted wobbly legged, amazing grace
Though transfixed to the hush we quietly tip toe..,
hearkening to follow the unshod traces,
nipped buds and dewdrop adorned moss mangers --
- gifts of creations sown seeds -
Born soft as the ferns underneath them
Drawn wordlessly deeper and deeper
into the gentle mountain greeneries' synergy
Steller’s Jay… "shaack"--"shaack"--"shaack"
with the verve of a tattletale gossip
- Warning all give heed to -
the salt and pepper bearded encroachment,
a sage whisperer to the woods
inaudibly searching
for a hidden commencing yellow and,
The Frolic of newly birthed lilting babes in the wood ~ ~ ~
Nascent yellow petals emerge
from late winter atrophy,
juxtaposed just off
the well-trodden woodland labyrinth
Where dandylion wishes set asunder in the autumn breeze,
incarnate undreamt dreams
Manifesting a better hope
for the dawning of unpromised somedays ...
harlon rivers © March 2015
harlon rivers © March 2015
