Grasses by the Gate
In early springtime they were green and lush,
Left to one color when the crocus died,
I seldom stopped to notice in my rush,
Now they’ve turned to brown as with drought they’ve dried.
The blue heavens make the white clouds drift by
Never stopping to give grasses a cry

Gloom
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