Plant a small tree for spring

For Arbor Day, I bought a moon tree

Red. The kind that climbs up walls.

In front of my house in a new neighborhood.

I clanked through the dirt where the ground was warming up.

Picking up broken bricks, tiles and stones.

I break up the large clods one by one.

Put the flowers and trees gently into the mud pit.

Fill them in, step on them, water them.

Laying a film over them, like putting a child

As if putting on a warm coat to protect them from the cold.

I found some bamboo poles and ropes.

To make a strong fence.

I planted the linden tree like a devout Buddhist.

And so I planted a little piece of spring.