New Leaves: A Poem

Green
On green
On green
The roadsides filled
With layers of new leaves
Unfurling
Varied shades and textures
No dense foliage yet
No thickness of cover,
Depth of summer shade
But
So
Much
Green
Every year I forget
How it feels
To go from
Bare branches
To green
It feels like honey, warmed in a teacup
It feels like my cat’s purr in my lap
It feels like the pages of a new book, thick in my right hand, as I begin
Driving, my eyes keep pulling to the side
To that green
On green
On green