Spring-Loaded
When spring came again,
I asked,
When spring came again,
I asked,
“How can I bear to smell the rain on warm pavement,
watch the Horse-Chestnut stretch,
and see your red Geraniums bloom in their flower-box?”
watch the Horse-Chestnut stretch,
and see your red Geraniums bloom in their flower-box?”
But, the rain perfumed a different world this year,
the Horse-Chestnut doesn’t look like the same tree,
and you didn't plant any red Geraniums.
Lindsay Riggs Brown
the Horse-Chestnut doesn’t look like the same tree,
and you didn't plant any red Geraniums.
Lindsay Riggs Brown
