"I Remember... I Remember! "

~To my Mother...I Remember! 

        

In the Spring,

when the first crocus pokes it's head out of the frozen ground

I think of you and I remember...

I remember.

In the Summer,

when the blaring heat wilts the rose petals

and paints unsightly cracks in the ground, 

I think of you and I remember...

I remember.

In the Autumn,

when the trees are ablaze in the glory of Fall

and my shoes make crackling sounds as I walk, 

I think of you and I remember...

I remember.

And in the Winter, when I stand at my window

to watch a blizzard whirl snow around my grief and loneliness

 then, too, I think of you and I remember ...

I remember.

                 ~Joy Johnson

                                                                                                  ~Beannaichte'   (22November, 2011)