Jewels of Memory

  
     Where are they now
       The carefree days?
     What shall I call them
       Those olden times
     All the sparkling hours and sudden showers?
     What are they now
       But diadems, but priceless gems?
     Emeralds for a celtic love
     Rubies for remembrance
     So many of them were diamond moments
       Shining in the sun
     A golden crown I wear today
       Singing
               In the rain.


     Note: Poems on Trees, 1975