de-desiccating
cold rain, so long forgotten
for these drought dust months
green now as though each raindrop
painted blade after blade
leaf upon leaf
with the promise that not all seasons
are bone-desiccating summer
cold rain, so long forgotten
for these drought dust months
green now as though each raindrop
painted blade after blade
leaf upon leaf
with the promise that not all seasons
are bone-desiccating summer
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.