Johnny jump up – Leaf & Twig

An Echo Of Yellow

blossoms calling
back and forth
across the garden bed

a merry band
of cheerfulness
still jumping mid-summer

each morning
with the flowers
sweet dreams linger

its tiny size
somehow made
the joy of its discovery
more enormous

I’ll do
what I want
is his only thought

flowering sundial
it’s gnomon
the coulds

exaltation
of summer’s
many tiny joys

eternal rock
seasonal bloom
a passing butterfly

dear Johnny
the last to bed
the first to rise

ascending blooms
parade color
across summer

joy
jumps up
purple profundity

Johnny jumps up
to greet me in the morning
pledging to forget me not.