In Presence of a Rain
In presence of a rain
grey-dry stalks of ocotillo
desert flame pines…
spined with thorns…
slit to leafing.
At their tips bloom
scarlet blossom torches
luring ministrations
of persistent droning bees
and ticking hummingbirds.
Again the southwest desert
sunburns…inevitable… to aridity
and leaves drop…deciduous…
while this spindly evolution
spikes still viable
against heat-wavering blue…
a testament.. to resiliency.
Bonnie Marshall
Proem... 
That’s beautiful, it reminds me of our Kangaroo Paws – Anigozanthos
Your Kangaroo Paws (just researched them) have such gorgeous colors and shapes! So much variety in our worlds.
This brought back memories of backpacking in the Superstition Mountain wilderness in Arizona.
Hope they are good memories of an other-worldly place, Malcolm.