Spring is aptly named.

It springs back and forth between

winter and summer.

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Focus on the sky.

Stormy clouds or sunny smirks

will presage coming weather.

The hole gets deeper,

the more frantically they dig.

Soon they’ll need ladders, not walls.

~

And all those who have

done this unholy digging ?

Buried beneath their own dirt.

What colors does Spring

call forth in you as Winter

slowly says goodbye?

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My heart’s buoyed by

new blue wellsprings bubbling

‘neath this, long, rusty winter.

Stress, tension, and tics;

side-effects of this rat race,

unless we pause to create.

~

 Relief comes when we

stop running races we can’t

win. Then the fun can begin.

To keep from sinking

in a sea of despair, why

not put on love’s life jacket?

~

Love can drag down

if you surrender reason

in favor of attraction.

Critique, when offered,

even gently, with kindness,

may feel like criticism.

~

Almost always we’re

velcro for the negative,

teflon for the positive.

Do big guns make small

men feel powerful and like

they finally matter?

~

 Impotent men with

their omnipotent egos,

oft cling to firepower.

Don’t expect her to

be all emotive and shit;

That ain’t her style!

~

Words a son who knows

his mom well would say – Thank you

for celebrating this day.

When reason knocks at

our door, will we have enough

love to open it?

~

 Reason’s gentle raps

are often overshadowed

by fury’s loveless drumming.

A petulant child

condescends and belittles

any who dare disagree.

~

Our tweeter-in-chief

has a constitutional 

right to free, petulant speech.