Tuesday, June 6, 2023

CARRIED AWAY

Are you
soothed 

to see 
rose bushes 

blooming to blot 
out the wrought iron fences—

reassured 
by a pinkness 

like the underside
of clouds? 

Not to mention—by 
the sun-dried rush 

of dew-sweet 
petals riding 

roughshod 
on the warm breeze 

until their scent 
hits that secret spot  

behind your eyes 
that makes you ask:

soothed 
from which particular 

surreptitious 
agitation, again?

Reassured (by whom) 
about what?