March 23, 2011

On Hedge Row


The wind was rusty tonight as I walked behind you both.

I loved the way you talked
of planting tulip bulbs in the fall,
and the garden that would have to wait ten more years.

For a moment, in the bluster of that Georgia wind
I wondered if this is what I would one day want
or if I wanted it already:

Ten more years
and tulips every fall.