Violets

 
Yesterday the sun came out
winter gone another year,
beneath the yew’s
shade and sanctuary.
Violets calm in morning sun,
company for dandelions as
daffodils fade and sparrow tweets
Yew dark and green guards,
violets cluster and surprise
were not here last year
uninvited settled beneath the shade.
Cowslips in the grass ,dandelions, Hellebores
spread comfort, carried on wings and storm,
perhaps the crow, seed caught in its feathers
Amethyst crystals,once to charm the ancients
blue, dark as a summer night,
Comfort for the faithless.
Next year your seed will bloom,
Invade the lawn and welcome.
Lie still and wait.
Blue flowers on summer’s eve shine
As red turns black on trellis fence
and rustic arch.
Your simple beauty shaming the lily
Stay, please stay, please stay.
Blooms to decorate, leaves to furnish my plate
as butterflies graze and aphids suck.
Blue on blue deep on a summer’s eve.