A Return to Spring
A Return to Spring
1
To remember art
glue holding mask together
way to gather and hold light
lover’s gratitude
songs limited syllables
to end with a collection.
Travel towards windsign
when we are tired to our bones
through heavy lift with reason
we clamber towards top
wrung of ladder towards light
mind free from all human ache.
To walk with my son
a similar path within
as seen on our walk without
this same desert road
at the end of the winter
soon we will walk more and more.
To find time to rest
though mind filled with our conflicts
distractions and flashing light
must clear this clutter
heavy handed emotions
these bulky concrete roadblocks.
2
These last days are cold
disassociate in snow
lost in forever birdsong
an ancient wild rhyme
keep faith in these bare shadows
fragile as a stem and leaf.
Day to clear our land
summoned from our history
spend hours on the backhoe
removing boulders
feel empty from hard days work
hold onto this nirvana.
Right of mind to calm
too many years studying
to find knowledge to survive
a change is needed
time to accept ignorance
whatever the rain destroys.
Soon the cold will cease
seedlings will bring green to brown
one last Spring for the records
change creates beauty
endows upon our sense awe
lost in breathless greenery.
3
Runs silent snowmelt
marshland moving to river
Magpies perch fragile treetops
provide bright color
along with Mallard underneath
who swims with quiet mate.
A grove of young tree
free of all pressing new thought
hover in shadow of old
sit silent in dark
simply being before growth
the empty times of the young.
Young gardener will bend
standing alone in Bluebells
empty except for soil
chisel to break stone
prepare large swath of the land
family food to survive.
Young Bluejay approach
a full Springtime bird feeder
cautious yet very hungry
grabs a seed then jumps
backward a few steps to see
if safe enough to eat more.
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Jamie nice work. You do have a way to weave nature and words together so eloquently. Man I love spring but the real spring, not the ones we get in NY. We have like a week of low to mid 70s and mild breezes, seems nowadays it’s just cold to summer no in-between. Nice work again.
Thanks Paul. Things just started to heat up here in Nevada. Jamie