Remember When You Used To Smell Outside

revision Remember when you used to smell the sea. The briny air would open up your nose. But now it seems this case is not to be. Like any other place is how it goes. World warming or pollution I suppose. Remember when you used to smell the rain. The petrichor perfumed the Springtime ground. Our atmosphere has undergone a change. Now sudden bursts of torrents do come down. Our senses don’t react to smells not found. Remember how outside was always fresh, a freshness that would live in line dried sheets, and when you came from play all out of breath you smelled of summer sunshine and the heat. Remember when these smells made life complete. Remembering the past leaves fearful taste, since Earth expresses climate change uproar. At times I seek protection with great haste from howling winds and snows that block the door, as nature angers for our love the more. Written 3/12/18 Revised 1/3/2023