billet-doux from california

so gently I disclosed your love,
in that sweet note
smelling pomegranate-
swiftly familiar sights gathered;
our abode stood on the flat ground
brown, shimmering in heat.
dry geraniums made the patches,
tinted by magenta blossoms;
the yard was a pleasant tangle of olives and oranges .
towering eucalyptus stood along driveway,
shedding bark on their smooth trunks,
how unreal but perfect memory I own!
how I miss Californian home!