On a cherry-lined road
A spring poem (from the vault) | NaPoWriMo Day 1
Frist day of NaPoWriMo! :) -
This one comes from my notebook a year ago and was freshly edited this morning. :)
On a cherry-lined road, a boy nestles in the back of his mother’s bicycle. A child’s seat; buckles and handrails braid like a cushioned birdnest. He looks up, mouth agape. Helmet gently pulls his head backward while the straps dangle off his chin. Mind unfurls in a breeze. Gaze adrift in the sea of blush overhead. An April kind of sky. Petals spilling everywhere... An April kind of rain. His mother pedals through a tunnel of trees. Bike wheels breathe out, levitating petals off the ground. An April kind of splash. Part-seeing, part-becoming, cheeks dyed pink – the boy will dream of cherry blossoms tonight. An April kind of dream.