Spring in its Step
It's 80 degrees,
the sky is blue,
the breeze is warm,
and so am I.
Yellow pollen covers my car,
red bud trees are blooming in a riot of pink,
I've got itchy, watering eyes.
Spring has sprung,
though the calendar
still displays the first month of the year.
End times?
Global warming?
Only Mother Nature knows...
© annettealaine-2013
Keywords:
I'm digesting the changes in my life, and sometimes it gives me heartburn.”
About Annette
I grew up with five siblings in a working class neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. I have been writing or telling stories in some form or another for many years. As my old life was dismantled, I found journal writing and later blogging to be the release I...
Connections
Causes Annette Talbert Supports
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, RIF (Reading is Fundamental),
Hands On Foundation, Dignity U Wear, Girls, Inc.
Annette’s Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jane Eyre, The Story of Seabiscuit, The Diaries of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Among Schoolchildren, Narnia Series...
If this warm weather
If this warm weather continues much longer spring will appear early here as well.
It's 14 degrees
Snow covers the ground and surrounding mountains.
Only the roads are clear.
Spring and warmth are distant dreams.
Cheers