Deserted by rain

Ground cracks where water once flowed

Plant is undaunted

Reaching to the sky

Pine tries to touch thunderhead

Nice try but no go

Energy Spirit

Come to rest here a moment

Before you dart off

Thunderhead dances
In the deep blue summer sky
High country monsoon

Look fast or beware

Wind scatters each little puff

With just a small huff

Bloom will soon bid 'bye

To its vivid pink petals

Wild spring won't linger

Weathered by the years

Old barn stands, a guardian

Of secrets untold

Spines surround blossoms

Green accented by bright red

Spring comes in sharply

Herding their youngsters

Parents always look both ways

Before they cross roads