Today is Lazy

and without appetite.
Willow limbs
bent beneath a pall of winter
doldrums---wetness
of snow dragging spirits

and birch looking flushed
white with worry. The season is
not according to plan --

first day of Spring.
The promise of berry sprouts
in warmer days now
gone astray with snowfall
continuing its way.

In time of sunless sky –
and dampness a cause for
birds to rest
animals to hide away
and a Blue Jay’s flirting put
off for another day.

© Richard L. Provencher