In retrospect, you may be able
to visualize
that dirt road lined with a procession
of black walnut and hickory trees,
that vast rose hedge.
© 2012, Cheri Byard
Cheri Byard is a painter, writer and poet whose poems and essays have appeared in Awareness Magazine, Words-Myth Literary Journal, and the anthology Mentor’s Bouquet.
Strong and mysterious image. I can see it.