Although central Texas received flood-level rains late this spring and early summer, some damage from the years of drought cannot be undone.
Those Who Remain
The dead stand as a reminder of better days
It will take some time before they fall
Longer even, until the last piece of bark
Disintegrates into nothingness
We benefit even from their decay
Those of us who remain
Diverging
A Choice
Survival depends
On choosing one’s own path, the
When as well as where
Story #25 for Story A Day Challenge May 2016
Ice Cream with Sprinkles
“Ice cream with sprinkles!” Jasper turned his head as his mother carried him down the sidewalk past the Magnolia trees.
“Jasper, those are flowers, not ice cream with sprinkles. Magnolia flowers. Mag-no-lia. Can you say Mag-no-lia? Here,” she said, walking across the grass. She hoisted Jasper up a little higher. “Smell them. Don’t they smell good?”
He leaned over, touching his nose to the white petals.
“Careful,” Angie cautioned, “there might be bees. Bees take the pollen and make honey.”
Before Angie could stop him, Jasper plucked a petal and started eating it. “Ice cream with sprinkles!” Jasper happily announced.
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McKinney Falls State Park, Texas
Going Somewhere
A path’s curve conceals
The immediate future
Still, it goes somewhere
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Poem #23 for NaPoWriMo and April Poetry Month.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Roads of Any Kind
Stories from Trees
‘Tis a fine day indeed
To shelter beneath the oak canopy
Closing the book I thought to read
I silence the noise within
And listen to the stories trees tell me
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Poem #20 for NaPoWriMo and April Poetry Month
It's a long story ... 