Come Spring
Come spring, the poplars bud. The black and white cat teaches me
patience, day by day draws nearer, less skittish. But when the young
boy died, the cat didn’t come home.
Every now and again, the white cross on the hilltop catches the
afternoon light. I see this from my window.
The tulips keep pushing through the topsoil. At sundown, the pair of
great horned owls call to one another from the thick of the firs.
B. L. Bruce is a Pushcart Prize nominee and award-winning poet. With a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing, Bruce is the editor-in-chief of the nature-themed literary magazine Humana Obscura and the author of four books: The Weight of Snow, The Starling’s Song, 28 Days of Solitude, and Measures.