May Fifth, Garden of Life

spring awakens
i pay the price

seeds blossom
i till soil

helping people carry groceries
i bear the weight of life

as every day
people live and die

a love song fills the air
but somewhere someone cries

distant figures of birds
silhouette sky

idle sky
ocean or void

yet passing clouds
shape imagination

the passing sun casts light
and shadows
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Meadows Avatar
July 9, 2023 at 7:21 AM
A good poem. Well written.
Dietrich Avatar
June 5, 2023 at 6:11 PM
oh wow, may 5, huh? This was the birthday of a guy I later learned in an astrology book was the birthday of my soul mate! So that date has always been special to me, since I'm born on a fifth day of the year 55. GREAT poem on may 5.
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