I used to visit the tulips When they came up Yellow and red Their petals soft As eyelids But they were open Cupping rain You couldn’t drink Without breaking them That they had come up Out of the earth so Recently covered in snow Proved something I doubted even then
Easter
Easter
Easter
I used to visit the tulips When they came up Yellow and red Their petals soft As eyelids But they were open Cupping rain You couldn’t drink Without breaking them That they had come up Out of the earth so Recently covered in snow Proved something I doubted even then