A Walk In The Park.

. Today the trees in the park are greening and the geese are returning and the sparrows are nesting and the park below my fifth floor window is calling to me. . Today I'm watching the lovers walking in the park walking and talking through the park and sitting on a bench to watch the summer softball teams playing . Today the leaves to life are clinging and the winds of change are crying and the grass and twig nests are empty and all over the park the leaves are letting go. . Today the branches are capped with silent spectral snow and the sky is a bitter biting blue and I watched a little sparrow let go and fall from the branch frozen stiff . Today the rain is etching painful paths down the window pane I do not think I will sit by the window today I think I will stay instead in bed today and remember what it was like to take a walk in the park. . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~©2017 Susan Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~January 10,2017