Thursday, February 22, 2007

Come Spring

My branches may shiver and my roots rock in the dirt. My dark colors too, add age beyond my expectancy. I hide in my layers, waiting for the scent of green. It will, I am sure, come for me.

Wait for my leaves to dance in sunlight, drawing circles in the breeze. Stand under them to twinkle starlight in the midday sun.

Take these fruits I saved in winter; harvest me.
Come spring I will feed you nectar of bees's envy.