Lilacs Bloom

Spring flowers bloom briefly.
   We take them in.

Lilacs—
   their fragrance,
      soft on the eye.

In the 1960s
   neighbors grew them
      everywhere—
        then spring gave way
         and they were gone.

I planted lilacs
   in this place:
      a fresh start
         rooted in memory.

Enough to share—
   now they line the street.

Before summer's heat,
   we pause,
      breathe them in again,
         and remember.

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