After A Restless Night (Poem)

sky finally lightened

air outside cooler, made damp

by gauzy fog and the steady trickle from sodden leaves

here and there purple blooms

evanescent, half-hidden in green variations

too shy to trumpet their colorful mien

in contrast to dirt-gray storm debris

washed from ditches’ overflow

two startling specks of scarlet in the street

a pair of cardinals at morning play

the plaintive calls of turtle doves

soon overridden by the clockwork cries

of Canadian geese on their scheduled flight

all these an answer, a sufficient reply

every moment is enough