Waiting on the Warm

The frigid sun crept slowly

straining to peek from behind

a steel blue wall of cloud;

a giant menacing wave on the horizon

Madrones, flexing bare muscles

stand upright in banks of snow

wooden bodies trembling

beneath waxy leaves

dangling delicate as the wind blows

like mute chimes beckoning

the sympathy of Spring

when the fruits return

and there is sweetness in everything

Until then they hibernate

beneath arctic skies of gray

where the snowplow pushed its way

piling icy drifts onto the curb

The Madrones dream of summer past

They dream of melting ice

and flowing waters warm,

standing, stalwart, in the frost

muscular arms in testimony

of what once was and what is lost

Oh, the world must turn

and seasons change after the storm

and until then, they sleep

shivering in the struggling dawn

dreaming cold and deep

waiting on the warm

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i never heard of the Madrone tree. had to look it up ... your personifications are spot on says i! .. i especially like the flexing bare muscles and wooden bodies and muscular arms (really like that one) they are magnificent trees no doubt ... thanks for sharing and blessing my day with a new thing learned .. the Madone Tree :)
E.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I love to learn new things. I hope I never lose that curiosity. Glad I could share a not so often reflected upon experience. I wrote this in the parking lot of a doctor's office waiting my appointment time. Cheers, my friend, F.

[Einstein Noodle]

good way to spend waiting time .. i hope the meeting went your way

[Fabian G. Franklin]

The jury's still out on that one. Had some biopsies done and just got the stitches out. Time will tell but fingers crossed. Just now recovering from eight days of hell called influenza A H3N2 subgroup. I took the flu shot...this virus laughed at that and proceeded to hammer the hell out of me to death's door. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy if I had one. I had to go have my stitches removed in a mask, sick.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh man! .. dear brother .. so sorry to feel your pain .. truly! ... have you now on my prayer hit list ... :) ... we still live in a world of predators big and small ... animal, plant, insect and human .. so sorry sir!! love on ya and healing and health and joy!

[Soren]

Great images and lines. The opening image of a frigid sun I know well. Those days so cold that the sun itself seems to have no heat or effect it is only a lightbulb in a freezer. Loved it Fabian