Greeting the Aromatic Spring
Transparent raindrops fall on thirsty roses' buds,
sunbeams filtering through clouds make them gleam,
yellow-breasted robins, pelted on elms, still dream;
the scruffy indigent with raggy clothes ends his sobs
by greeting the aromatic spring with a gleeful scream
and moved by commotion, I shake his hand that throbs!
Somehow his misery will end, but the long and harsh winter
he will not remember to awaken his urge of needed things;
today, it's the celebration of a spirit once torn by anger,
but spring will still his troubled mind by giving him wings!
I stand there watching his face being transformed by joy
he runs towards me and shouts, " This caged bird is free! "
I follow his trail, and find him under branches fluttering;
his home is a cardboard box, he'll sleep well this evening!
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2014
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