Summer Begins

Summer Begins

When the locust trees bloom

in long clusters of

soft full

white

fragrant

flowers,

and the bees appear,

having feasted fully

on

apple, cherry,

pear, mountain ash,

wild blossoms, dandelions

and

daisies.

Before the locust bloom,

the other leaves come out,

the maple, oak and other

hardwoods explode in green

that sooths your eyes

and reassures that

summer is near.

Before the locust bloom,

The locust are bare and

look like they are dying,

gnarly, rough and

dense hard wood.

Instead they are a living

breathing tree,

and the flowers prove

they are alive.

Today, 

the longer days here,

glancing at the locust,

a double take,

the blooms are here,

Summer has begun,

the locust are in bloom.