tree limbs blowing
forward and back in spring,
a new spell woven

the stuffed bear's eyes
never blinking as they stare
after the girl

a deer steps out
from the trees across the road
another world

migrating birds
the neighbor's back door open;
spring returns

swelling leaf buds
pulled open by the warm spring
out in the new sun

champaign bubbles
rising like prayers to heaven
for the New Year

in the windy corner
one of last year’s unused leaves
scuttles like a mouse