California Spring #1

By Patti Sullivan

After a water color by Arne Nybak

we wait out the dusty brown of our hills
steel gray skies only put us to sleep
wait because we know, always trust
around that very next bend in the road
is hope for rain
water that sometimes fails to show up
but after it does, rewards abound
with this lit-from-within glow
color so plugged into earth
it screams green, electrifies us
brings us back to what we live for