For only one day, I lay ill upon my bed.
Watching daylight tease at my window.
Appear, crest, fade.
But, my neighborhood didn’t rest.
It came alive with April bounty.
Eastern redbuds, cherries, crabapples bloomed.
Bluebells and purple ajugas dotted hillsides.
All waiting to welcome me.
On my return.
It gives me comfort to know
that though I was one day stayed,
trees and flowers marched on
in unstoppable parade.
Lynn Benjamin
April 21, 2023
