Spring Blossom

by niallkillian

Here in this verdant pasture
deep rooted and age gnarled
yet somehow quite delicate
grey-brown and lichen clad

Your branches have sheltered
so many playful innocent lambs
in their daffodils of spring
they have grown in your shade

And now in this your season
burst forth a cloud upon the land
a brilliant explosion of blossom
ten million butterflies of pink