Melinda J. Irvine

the rains are still
and the flowers quiet
stepping over

mid-spring holly
and a few eager blooms
willing to risk the sun

without water
my feet crunch
a tiny piece of the earth

planet focused
(old mountain patch)
full of weeds

and dead and
drying
drying trees.

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine

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• Daily Prompt: Focused and Planet
• I’m part of Post A Day 2017
• Location: Blackheath (Australia)