To my lawn chair in April

April sunshine warms, 
waking bulbs from their long sleep, 
bringing back robins  

playgrounds hold laughing children, 
a lawn chair is all I need   

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After a hard rain

 

after a hard rain, 
flowers cast away petals 
and bow to the wind  

the rich darkness of the earth 
smells ripe, bitter and alive

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April’s Magic

through barren trees,
light shines 
the strongest

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Notes:

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Hold Fast to Dreams

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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams fade
Life is a silent symphony
That cannot be played.

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Fly By

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The world hums with voices
as the warm days fly by,
people in pain
virus numbers climbing
exhausted frontline workers
and protestors in peril.
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