May 2018

Trillium

May 28, 2018by DyAnne Korda

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As Lupin and I come to a curve in the trail,

she pulls back on her leash, sits down hard

and refuses to move. Just beyond, I know

my beloved trillium are sprinkled through

the woods. I want to see and touch them

while they are still here. Simple flower

of three petals hanging below a whorl

of diamond-shaped leaves. Although her

eyes don’t show fear, Lupin sits statue-stiff.

I wonder we circle back and come to this path

another way...but she will not budge.

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