Spring Dreaming on Main Street

Lora Butcher

Summer is coming.
Winter is weeks behind.
A cool breeze is breaking
over a daytime smile
and cracking away the crystal air
all around my eyes, sparkling,
with opportunity that zings.
Now is the time to pop
out a new sign on a dream, to
get out the broom and sweep
the dust of dread off the floor, to
open the door and invite in others,
to expect good things, to keep trying.
There is no mercy for new beginnings.
Like migrating birds, we need to
find the best weather for our needs,
because there ‘s a good chance
we’ll be out in it, the doors locked
behind us on that chance we took.
But it feels good, doesn’t it?
To have a chance.

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Lora Butcher
Lora Butcher was the moderator of a channel on Disqus called Poetry Park that had over 200,000 subscribers. It published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and plays. She won second place in the Bright Star Award 2024, and second place in the Brick by Lego Brick contest 2025 of the Poetry Society of Indiana. She has been published in The Hedge Apple Literary Magazine; Chaos, Crisis, and Conflict, by Moonstone Press; Awakening Within, by Wingless Dreamer; The Heartland Review; Ink To Paper Vol. 8 & 9; The Lyric and Time Of Singing.