Magnolias

 

Two magnolias live

In close proximity

To a railroad track

And a coffee shack

And a bookstore as I see

 

Both survived the winter

Of ice, and snow, and wind

And both now sing

The song of spring

Though one displays a bend

 

One tree holds its leaves of green

Present all the time

On the other purple blossoms bloom

Sweetness floats to the reader’s room

Where poets speak in rhyme

 

Though their bios differ

They are treefully alike

They greet the train that rides the track

Wait patiently ‘till it comes back

A rumble in the night

 

May these woody cousins

Standing proud and tall

Be testament to all of us

Who have a tendency to fight and fuss

That we too are much the same after all

                                                       

                                                                                                ron g