by T. Lynn Wright

Created on: May 03, 2010

 Nature's Diva

Oh, those first few dates, you were as gentle as the spring you were named for.

Your lilacs bloomed, pale, sweet lavender

even the hummingbirds hovered round your smiles and wiles.

Lulled and intoxicated by the wine of your warm days

and to awaken to the truth of your fickle, feminine ways.

The cold, keening wind, sharp as a a shrew's tongue

bends the delicate bushes that were your finery.

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