Colorado Spring

Colorado spring
a hard mix of winter with a few days
of warmth so that the tulips
and irises want to bloom but know
to wait for something they can trust.

Colorado spring
is a surprise and very short
It goes from being dark and cold
to hot with the fans running,
in just a few weeks right into summer.

I make iced tea but the weather
is too cold to drink it, pack away
my winter sweaters, and then have
to go to the garage to unpack them.
Waiting for something I can trust

which isn't a Colorado spring.