Places 02: Geraniums

Geraniums, against all outside snow,
Coral lights within my room,
Reaching toward the windows white
In winter bright,
Ignore the tiredness of cold,
Opening spring out of season.

Geraniums, wrapped in August sun,
Coolly green upon my deck,
Soak up the blistering light
Of summer bright,
Ignore the weariness of heat,
Bloom steady through the season.

 

© Ginny Emery, An earlier version was published in Places, 2011.
I finished the second stanza a few minutes before hitting the publish button.  It’s now August and the geraniums are blooming on my deck.