Sabes Mi Nombre?

I am the river

Of butterfly wings

Floating north,

Stirring the air to chaos.

Sabes mi nombre?

I am a southerly breeze

Filling the air

With spicy sweetness

Of the aspen grove.

Sabes mi nombre?

I fly in on gander’s wings

Searching for a nesting site,

Filling the air with rowdiness

On recently thawed ponds.

Sabes mi nombre?

I float in on lamb’s-wool clouds

Across a sea of endless green,

Filling the air with warmth

After Boreas harsh rule.

Sabes mi nombre?

Sabes mi nombre?

I am the river of life.

I am Primavera,

Welcoming warmth

From the south.

Tom Gillaspy April 2024