Jasmine

jasmine flowers in the spring
then flowers again as we begin
autumn's shrinking daytime's glow
threatening a winter's snow

first on mountains way up high
then creeping down from looming sky
to this place down by the sea
where heather blooms constantly

through the darkness and the light
often grey clouds , still a sight
of flowers blooming in the rain
falling from the sky again

BC westcoast palm trees sway
when winter's winds come here to play
a teasing brush of frosty nights
snowdrops dress in springtime whites

crocuses and daffodils
jasmine blooming always thrills
it blooms again when summer's gone
as all our lives go on and on