Snowflake
In spring
Last snowflake falls
Temperature is rising
If it knew how long it lasts,
why bother?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Nothing to Do
Summer
As the world burns,
Nothing else to do, but
Step into liquid cool waves
And swim.
• Michael Lee Johnson is an Illinois-based poet and freelance writer. He is the author of The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom, as well as two chapbooks of poetry and has been published in a wide range print & online poetry magazines. For more details visit http://poetryman.mysite.com/
