Impatient

Spring is sleepy

after winter, yawning,

stretching flowered arms.

Daffodils and tulips

are the first to show

their colors.

Green is just a

promise on our

handsome maple tree.

I’m already longing

for the blazing reds

of autumn when

the maple leaves

catch fire.

published in Fine Lines Summer 2024, and in Write Under the Moon