Anxiety, fears
Three birds wing by, silhouettes
now my mind is clear
Two geese pace. They walk
Our neighbor’s driveway their pond
entering into spring
Nest sitting alone
Branches bare, solitary
The leaves are coming
Grasses’ birth canal
Roots in utero-cycling
Pushing from Earth’s womb
The morning birds sing
spring buds on empty branches
hope returns to me
Source Of All Blessings
You bless us with the first signs of spring.
Birds singing.
Greening trees and bushes and new life
just…touching…my…perception
everywhere
I seem to look.
May I plant and nurture life
everywhere
and every time
and in every way
I am able.
Thank you for the cycle of rebirth,
renewal,
the cycle of birth, life, death
and birth again.*
*Thanks to Br. David Steindl-Rast for the inspiration and the format for this, from his wonderful book, 99 Blessings.
The Profound Bartender 