Spring Poem by Robbie Brereton

Spring reminds one of,
Discarded leaves,
Rotting hats and
Banished coats.

Spring reminds one of,
Warm antifreeze,
Ice scrapers, crystalized breath,
Extinguished fires, flowering log piles.

Spring reminds one of,
Closed windows burst open,
Locked doors sprung free,
The re-emergence of a long buried bee.

Spring reminds one of
Brothy stews no longer used,
Hearty meals overturned by fruit that peels,
The slipping skid of frost spun wheels.

Spring reminds one of
wind whipped trudgery,
black dawning’s,
grave quiet evenings,
spent in mourning.

Spring reminds one of,
Spindly limbs shivering in cold,
Electric heaters, furnacing those
Grown old.