Today is a day of daffodils
and sweet sorrows
Spring’s fresh greens
and empty reminders
There are irises in bloom
in the front yard
yet endings that can’t be forgotten
Trees share fragile shoots
with their reaching, outstretched limbs
I curl in, retreating again
The promises of spring
are alive and well
encouragement to hearts like mine
Still dancing with the death of winter
Still uncertain about trusting this
new growth and possibility
Still stumbling through
the fog and chilly torments
finding the melody of my new heart song
Looking for signs of you-
of mother
hoping you are still alive
somewhere
within me
Then comes the hooting of an owl
Then comes the gentle breezes
and the rustling of leaves in chorus
Then comes a white egret feather
on my path
Then comes the cleansing rains of spring
filling my eyes
emptying my heart
creating a newer, more gentle space within me
and I open my wings to Ma once more
and surrender my footsteps.
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Editor: Jenna Penielle Lyons
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