Blush

good morning                from here 

to the woods – drought stocked in steamy packeted  

crunch of grasses – in abandonment 

a misericordia               for once verdant 

luxuriance (I’ve seen my share  

of this world’s ugliness         you have  

too)          & yet          & still 

in lamplight’s daybreak         I’ve touched 

mountains blush 

& blossoms’ lushness