Touch of Spring

[anirbas]

First day of February,
rain slow falls in big drops
that land in fat plops;
exploding and flattening
upon impact into liquid stars
across the shatterproof
glassine surface of the windshield.

Waiting for the truck engine
to warm up, for a dawn drive
into town, I frown at the continuing,
cold, frozen, or wet weather...
I'm so sick of winter...

Backing from the drive,
I gain the street,
shift it into drive...
And just don't take
my foot off the brake...
Orbitally blessed to view
a touch of spring...

Denizens of robins literally
cover the two acre lawn
of my neighbor...
Even in the cold rain...
Bodies stilled, one leg
slightly lifted, heads ducked
down, held rigid and at a slight angle,
listening, as their bright eyes peer
expectantly at the soggy ground...

Dinner is obviously being served...
Judging by how quickly many of the robins
are going from pose mode, to strike mode,
and drawing back a fat wriggling grub worm...

"Mom? What are you doing? I've got to get to school!
If I don't get there on time, I'll have to sit
on the gym floor! And it's cold!"

I realize, I'm sitting there, foot on the brake,
truck in drive, mouth dropped open in wonder,
eyes widened with the surprise of this touch of spring...

"Look at the robins!" I blather, excitedly,
pointing at our neighbor's yard.

My daughter peers towards where I'm gesturing...
Rolls her eyes exasperatedly, "Mom? Look
at the robins? Have you lost your mind?"

We both laugh at me, as I get it together,
let off the brake, and we head on down
the road, to our routine morning
destination, junior high school...

Three minutes later,
the fat dropped rain,
transforms to sleet
and fat, wet snowflakes,
that melt on contact,
with the truck,
the asphalt
and the countryside;
and disappear
like my visions
on the wing,
of an early spring...

~*~


I don't care what the weather is doing...
I don't care if it's the second day of February
and it's barely above freezing outside...

I don't care if that rodent sees his shadow,
or not, today! Old Bill is prophesying
the weather up north for the next six weeks...

Not here...This is the south...I'm telling you...

I saw denizens of robins yesterday...
The first sign of spring soon to come,
in this neck of the woods...
I saw denizend of robins, yesterday!
Drawing up and supping on the flesh
of freshly drawn to the surface,
grub worms...Spring is near...

~*~

Yesterday, today and tomorrow...
The robins message rewarded my faith
in the animals in these parts...

Buttery warm, glorious sunshine!
A touch of spring...Before the next cold snap...

~*~

count me sick of winter, dreaming of spring,
and headed to the land of nodzzzzzzzz..........*

[anna]

Here in Colorado Springs we've had a blizzard a week since Christmas and won't have robins for a couple more months!!!UUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved this piece!!!!! Anna

BTW what does "You're it" mean exactly--I've not a clue. LOL

[anirbas]

That makes me appreciate what we call nasty weather in Texas...
Our weather "ain't nuthin' but a thang", compared to Colorado!!!!!

Thank you, Anna...Nature has inspired me since I was a kid...

Tag! You're it! Is a reference, to when we were kids...Playing tag...
Chase your friend, run up, tap them and yell...Tag! You're it! And run off...

As that's sort of what we do, when on site...We are in here writing
and at the same time, brushing and tagging, one another as we run
from "box" to "box", to post or read...

Overactive imagination, I was sitting at the computer, on a site, one night...
And "watching" everyone playing, writing and reading, reminded me of tag...
So, I coined the phrase, Tag! You're It! and went to chasing people...

It's followed me, from one site to the other...
As I can't resist the urge to touch and tag
my peeps, peers and mentors...

We use it to let one another know,
we "see" each other in here...
Or to let them know we caught up to them,
in a post...Lot of us liked to play tag,
when we were kids, I guess...I know I did!!!!!!! LOL...

So, when someone taps you and says--TAG! YOU'RE IT! It's a goooood thing!

If you ever read the word *bump* and nothing else in a post, it means the reader,
re-read the piece, and felt it deserved to be bumped back to the first page...

But, a piece can be bumped without the word *bump* by either of the Staff...
As they have magical bump abilities...*t-he*...One of the perks of working
and writing on a site...ggglgggl...Take care, sweets! And, TAG! YOU'RE IT! Nir.

[bichsa]

Great write! lol
I love these lines;Mom? What are you doing? I've got to get to school!
If I don't get there on time, I'll have to sit
on the gym floor! And it's cold!"

I realize, I'm sitting there, foot on the brake,
truck in drive, mouth dropped open in wonder,
eyes widened with the surprise of this touch of spring...

"Look at the robins!" I blather, excitedly,
pointing at our neighbor's yard.

My daughter peers towards where I'm gesturing...
Rolls her eyes exasperatedly, "Mom? Look
at the robins? Have you lost your mind?"

Are you sure you didn't kidnap my daughter,lol
peace C
I too saw the robins but it was short lived!

[soulfir3]

come fall with me,
call the flowers of the eucalypt tree
as they drift in spirals
down,
down,
down
their soft ruby petals brushing
the ash burnt ground
sinking their souls inside the earth
awaiting the cool
life giving rain,
too christen a new spring-time birth

[anirbas]

Great to see you here, ladies! I didn't know anyone else had slipped
by this thread...Thanks, Cheryl...You mean there is more than one like my mini-me?
There's at least two of them? Or crazier, more than one woman with her mouth hung open staring at robins with her foot on the brake? hahahahahahaha...I don't know which set the world should worry about more...ggglgggl...These girls or their moms....hehehehehehe...

And on a more serious note...Soul...The above gem is beautiful!
You honor this thread by sharing it here and I thank you!
Those blossoms are eucalyptus blooms? They resemble
the blooms that pop out on the mimosa tree in front of my house...

Take care of ya'll for me, folks! Nir.