568 : Rhapsody, in Sky Blue

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads has the prompt 'Rhapsody'.

Rhapsody, in Sky Blue.

It is a lovely day!

The sky is clear and blue.

Past the solstice;

It is cold,

Frosty and, in its own way,

The essence of mid-winter.

The trees have lost or

Are belatedly,

Reluctantly,

Losing their chequered garb.

And the first bulbs bravely push 

Through the cold soil

Into the pallid sun.

The cherry trees 

Are in blossom.

It is lovely to be out,

To be walking without care,

To watch others, with dogs,

Or strollers or wired for sound

As they, as if unaware of the 

Beauty around them, walk 

Through the midst of,

Through the mist of,

The mid-winter day,

Oblivious.

They are missing so much.

And yet, in their own way,

They are happy.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013

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