If Only I Could
If only I could shake off long rigorous winter;
and embrace secret hidden in the cool of spring.
Enlivened by nature; the twitter sound of the Scarlet Tanager,
its red-orange and black feathers, the flame of spring.
As the natural oak loses its yellowish-beige,
worm-like male catkins dress everything in sight
with its yellow pollen; leaving tiny female flowers
for new growth on the limbs.
If only I could see the Overwinter Oak Leaf Rollers
green caterpillars that later turn into adult moths,
feed and hang on silk thread from the leaves
and branches then fall to the ground.
Brown May beetles attracted to the light
And wobble when they fly or walk.
If only I could see the sunlight reft
through sturdy limbs and myriad leaves
of trees and shrubs and from somewhere
hear the rapid clatter drumming sound
of the harbinger of spring, of a single woodpecker.
If only I could see the brilliant and stunning plumage colours
of the blue Jay and the red cardinal and hear them sing
their melodies so freely; feed on sweet pleasing berries,
grown amid full foliage that have had soaked
in the open warm radiant sun.
If only I could shake off long rigorous winter;
and embrace secret hidden in the cool of spring.
3/29/2023
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