caress

Touched

during the golden hour
divinity
caresses the landscape

each bud
caressed and blessed
ants’ consecration

table bouquet
caressed
by a sunbeam

finger of snow
tracing every
branch and leaf

night’s cold breath
caresses the branches
her touch released by the sun

in the still beneath
rain is a caress
water’s breath

closed buds pucker
petals preparing for
their showering of kisses

winter caresses
the line of the limb
the reach of the branch
every new horizon