Teasing Out Ferns

A glowering sky of shifting
clouds brazenly harassed by
domineering winds has
edged out the sun again.
But the forest floor,
littered with wild strawberry,
trout lily and trillium
seethes with energy and
colour; incessant spring rain
teasing out ferns and violets,
lilies-of-the-valley, regardless.


The bare canopy of deciduous
trees now hazing pale
green and gold performs a
graceful dance as the wind
courses its branches.  Leafless
yet fuzzed with white blossoms
the Serviceberries defy the
grey monotone of the day.
Birds stir soundlessly
through the melancholy of
the drab, damp landscape.