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December Remembers
Spring spent
as a sprout
bedridden
in sediment
then edifice jettisoned.
By summer
roots,
tendons threaded,
a frenzy of
appendages,
extremities extended.
In autumn
stem shedding feathers,
fallen flower petal treasures,
emerald essence surrendered;
amber bled,
blood letting red,
settling
in ephemeral orange embers.
Winter
December veteran
still remembers
seeds spreading
instead of this,
condemned
to frigid tether
then again severed
and unfettered;
sun's warmth,
tender benevolence and pleasures
if ever through
the coldest weather
and snow yet treaded together.
© Andrew Crawford
as a sprout
bedridden
in sediment
then edifice jettisoned.
By summer
roots,
tendons threaded,
a frenzy of
appendages,
extremities extended.
In autumn
stem shedding feathers,
fallen flower petal treasures,
emerald essence surrendered;
amber bled,
blood letting red,
settling
in ephemeral orange embers.
Winter
December veteran
still remembers
seeds spreading
instead of this,
condemned
to frigid tether
then again severed
and unfettered;
sun's warmth,
tender benevolence and pleasures
if ever through
the coldest weather
and snow yet treaded together.
© Andrew Crawford
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