Mud

Photo by Paul Tyreman on Unsplash

Lovely precursor of Spring,
This mud I now pick from between
Footpads and dig out of toenails–

I envy their feet covered in mud,
This winter’s so long, so white,
I long for feet crusted with dirt!

After long dead cold, more beauty
There is in one rainbowed earthworm
Than in all the rain and light-studded sky.