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Posted April 21, 2011

"APRIL - POETRY MONTH"

DOGWOOD WINTER

She waits for a certain tree

to bloom in April knowing

there will be respite

from eighty degree weather

so she can better prepare

for the enveloping heat

of soon to be summer fare.

And she wonders at God's

wisdom, giving her warmth

and spring beauty in doses

like balm to remove gray scales

from her below thirty-two

degree farenheit adjusted eyes.

And never failing to delight

her, white blooms burst

from green buds once red

blossoms designed to remind

of pierced bloodstained

flesh, unfolding, delicate pale

to the universe's canvas

and she can't help but wonder

"Who could treat a dog like that?"

Wrapping her sweater around

her chilled body she thanks

God for nature's jogging

her memory, lest she forgets

the meaning of outstretched hands.