Theme Day: Smell

The Theme for the first day of May is "Smell."

I posted another image of this same tree some weeks

ago showing its tiny buds against a background

of brown stucco. Since then, the flowers have come

and gone, too soon. All around, bunches of pansies

 have been planted in beds, against a background

of black mulch. Tulips have opened their

crowns to the sun and fallen away.

Today, hidden among the branches of its bush,

I saw the first rose opening, its aroma 

a promise still hidden amid the folds

of its petals. 

But I have smelled the rain,

those "April Showers" that bring

all the delicate colors I love so much.

And the scent of just-mowed grass

has wafted through the neighborhoods

in recent days as homeowners

wage a battle to keep their lawns from

turning into little jungles.