Gentle Earth, I beg of you -

Gentle Earth, I beg of you -

Whisper to us the first sign of spring. 

Annul this wintry despair

And a season of life anew, bring. 

From the depths of Baja

Carry the warmth in upon a draft. 

Poke the sunshine through grumbly clouds

And send it down as a gilded shaft. 

Clothe the desert with the raiment

Of fleeting sheets of white rain. 

Implore the wildflowers that they

Bestow upon us a fantastic display. 

Help the button-face of the brittlebush

Peep over the dead, crumpled brush. 

Bring forth the canyon penstemon. 

Make the Mexican lime cactus flush. 

With one stroke of rain 

Paint the delicate creosote yellow. 

Order the Engelmann’s cactus to raise

Their trumpets of fuchsia and blow. 

Tempt forth the birds to sing - hark!

I beg, usher in March.