A Trip to the Arboretum

I am surrounded by nature,
Feel as if I surround it,

My sweaty forehead-
Is a sign of-
Summer coming around,

I listen to the birds talk,
And hear the rustling behind the bush,

If only a pair of jackrabbits were at it…

I sit on a wooden bench,
Dedicated to Ms. Deborah,
Short for Debbie I' pose,

Underneath the thorny tree-
Which provides ample shade,

A soft breeze has just come by,
And left without saying hi,

I spot with my curious eye,
Not one or two,
But four rabbits,

I see my kind pass by,
Some admiring
And others drifting,

Some watching me
Keenly,
As if to see what I am doing,

What looks foreign to it,
Is quite usual to me,

As the sun caresses my leg,
The feeling cannot be replicated,

I see a mother with her kids,
Ruining the moment,

Am I quick judge?
She is no one,
But my neighbor,

Whom I felt had forgotten me,

What shame am I?
To my own judgments,

My virtues left unclothed
Yet again…

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