Cherry Carol

I watched out the window tonight as

The room went from black

To petal grey a hush of pink

In a blue night deep sky

I remember walking with the kids

At Cooper’s Cove and

Talking with them about 

Our night vision

It appears in wondrous bits

And brights, a palate that

Cannot be described arrives

I want a cherry tree out by the pond,
Probably at least a couple, 

And cedar back towards

Bobby’s road 

And I don’t want to block

The western winds

I cannot wait for this place

To wake up, all everywhere outside

Waiting again, and

Saying, come now and bring 

Your long winter back into spring. 

I figured some things out, figuring

More. Remembered some things, 

The rear view mirror sparkles,

Just alive, all there, and

Seen, night vision lit through
The bedroom window, my

Cherry trees.