“Spring”
By Katie Moreau
Spring is in the air
Spring is in my hair
The grass is green
With the cutest babies ever seen
Flowers bloom from everywhere
Only smell them if you dare
The bumble bees buzz around
All the new life on the ground
Spring is in the air
And everyone has not a care
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"Together Again"
Marcia Obukowicz
They come,
The house feels full,
What's been missing, returns.
The air crackles with the electricity
of good conversation and the joy of being together.
Friends arrive, food is shared.
Traditions and stories, fill and spill across the table,
bonds of love renew and strengthen.
In the connection of moments, all is right!
But the clock ticks away the precious time, too fast, ...
way too fast.
The need to return to the lives we all have left
grows into the reality of departure.
The hearts break just a little and a few tears fall as we wave goodbye.
They drive away and
then the little prayer rises
Be safe, safe travel, safe journey, safe life
until we can be together again.
“Host mom of several foreign exchange students, thankful when life aligns so we can reconnect in person.”
