Today the trees in the park are greening
and the geese are returning
and the sparrows are nesting
and the park below my fifth floor window is calling to me.
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Today I'm watching the lovers walking in the park
walking and talking through the park
and sitting on a bench to watch
the summer softball teams playing
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Today the leaves to life are clinging
and the winds of change are crying
and the grass and twig nests are empty
and all over the park the leaves are letting go.
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Today the branches are capped with silent spectral snow
and the sky is a bitter biting blue
and I watched a little sparrow let go
and fall from the branch frozen stiff
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Today the rain is etching painful paths down the window pane
I do not think I will sit by the window today
I think I will stay instead in bed today
and remember what it was like to take a walk in the park.
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©2017 Susan Williams.