Forsythia and witch hazel are two completely different species, but I miss American witch hazels, and the forsythias I see everywhere in Germany remind me of them.

One variety of American witch hazel happens to bloom about the same time as forsythias.

The time both tress blossom in early spring can be used to know when roses should get their spring trim.

ii.

And then her spell is broken
for another anno’s time,
’til her truest words are spoken
and call forth red roses’ wine.

Golden hazel witch,
Forsythia speaks her name,
bursts forth from lingered frost
and tosses golden mane.

✋🏼🧵

iii.

Then black woolen blanket's laid
from horizon to her feet,
her sable bed is slowly made
as the stars call her to sleep.

She waits.

Until morning's jewels of dew
adorn her marble face:
new dawn's gilt brushes drew
a new expression of her grace.

✋🏼🧵

ii.

Ten decades whispered past
since she took her repose,
where old bones lie ’til the last,
where the ivy's fingers grow.

She waits.

I see her by her tomb
where she looks down and sighs
in slowly waxing gloom
under resurrecting skies.

She waits.

Dusky sun’s fingers trace
a different light upon her brow,
brushing shadows ’cross her face —
she takes on a pallor now.

She waits.

🧵👇🏼