Morning

Lady Sun

trails

ethereal

fingers

through

a still pool

of blue

dawn

Minnesota Spring, Redux

Lady Sun

returns

triumphant

arrayed

in a wide skirt

of blue

and green

trimmed with gold

and silver

Minnesota Spring 2017

Morning

opens

one

sleepy blue

eye

reluctant

as am I

to greet

a bone-chilling

cold

dawn

Perseverance

Despite
our
careless
callous
neglect
nevertheless
Nature
persists

Projecting again

How could I not
look at
the glowering sky,
smudged
with gray
and heavy
with rain
and not think
of the week’s 
potential worries
stresses
unseen storms
brewing

Listening

Eyes closed

I listen

to birds chatter

recognizing

robin

chickadee

mourning dove

a bee

bumbles by

sun beats

through 

my eyelids

illuminating

the very blood

in my veins

Deja vu

When the icons

of your youth

die

time spins

backward

and forward

simultaneously

and you 

catch a glimpse

of how much 

has passed

and how little

remains