THE FIRST BUDDING OF SPRING - by � Michael Lechner





THE  FIRST BUDDING  OF  SPRING 

by  � Michael Lechner


Rain
pounds
the pavement

Gray on gray
are all
the colors I see

I try not
to despair
the pall
of Winter

In time this
monochrome
pallet will fade
away

So here
 I sit
in quiet
optimism

Waiting
for the first
budding
of Spring