but the yard is fragrant
with sweet box
and small birds are chattering
and the air is balmy
It’s not yet time
to go inside
though our outside tasks
are done —
It’s time to breathe this day
a little longer
while the tops of the fir
and the pine and the cedar
are full of sun.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 13, 2017
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