Intwasahlobo ayisoloko ifana. Kwiminyaka ethile, u-Epreli ugqabhuka kwiinduli zaseVirginia ngomtsi omnye omangalisayo? Kwaye yonke iqonga lizaliswe ngaxeshanye, ii-chorus ezipheleleyo ze-tulips, i-arabesques ye-forsythia, i-cadenza ye-flowering-plum. Imithi ikhula amagqabi ngobusuku.
Kweminye iminyaka, i-spring tiptoes in. Iyanqumama, yoyiswa ziintloni, njengomzukulwana wam emnyango, ekroba, egida engabonwa, egigitheka epasejini."Ndiyakwazi" uphaya" "Ngena" kwaye iNtwasahlobo ingenaiingalo zethu.
Ibhasi ye-dogwood, eluhlaza oluhlaza, ihonjiswe ngophawu lwerusset. Ngaphakathi kwendebe egqibeleleyo amanqaku embewu edibeneyo abekwe kwindlwane Omnye uvavanya ihlumela ngoloyiko: Zaziziphi ezo mbewu kwinyanga ephelileyo? Ama-apile abonisa iimvuthuluka zesilika yophondo lwendlovu ye-milliner, enerose-tinged. Zonke izinto zokulala ziyavuka?Iprimrose, iris yomntwana, i-phlox eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Umhlaba uyafudumala? Uyakwazi ukuyijoja, uyive, iNtwasahlobo edilikayo ezandleni zakho.
Jonga kwi-anemone ye-rue, ukuba uyathanda, okanye i-pea patch, okanye ukhula olunenkani olutyhutyha amagxa alo kwisitrato sesixeko. Kwakunjalo ngoku, kwaye kuya kuba njalo, ihlabathi elingenasiphelo. Kwiukuqinisekiswa kwesikrinientlakohlaza, ngubani na owoyikayo ukuwa kwakude?
Xa ubhekabheka, uya kufumanisa ukuba kuza intwasahlobo. Impepho ibuphulula ubuso bakho ngobunono. Isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza siphezu kwakho. Emva kwemvula, iintyatyambo ziyadubula egadini. Izinto eziphilayo ziqala ukukhula. Yonke into izele ngamandla kunye nevumba elimnandi. Elona xesha lilungileyo kulo nyaka, awunakuphoswa kwaye uyakwenza njaloyithande.
Intwasahlobo iyeza, izisa luhlaza emithini, ipinki kunye netyheli kwiintyatyambo. Ukusebenza kwizilwanyana. Ithemba ebantwini. Abatshakazi baqalisa ukucula, abalimi baqalisa ukutyala izityalo emasimini. Ngentwasahlobo, yonke indawo igcwele ithemba. Abantu badla ngokuthi isiqalo esihle sisiqingatha senziwe. Ngelixa intwasahlobo kukuqala konyaka. Ngoko sifanele siyixabise size siyisebenzise kangangoko. Zama i-est ukusasaza imbewu entwasahlobo kwaye uya kufumana isivuno esihle ekwindla. Emva koko uya kubona ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani intwasahlobo kunye nendlela i-lilungile.
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-28-2023
