I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

Photo by S. Auberle

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN 

from the day I was born

it was love
that would do me in

and these Spring trees

dressed in that tender shade

of green that could break

your heart if you let it

a lone daffodil

blooming at the edge

of dark woods

vulnerable

and doesn't know it

or maybe so

and doesn't care

my tulips, brave

red soldiers this morning

covered in snow

a north wind

bending them low

some days

it's almost more

than I can bear

all this love

all your love…