The Return of Wonder

How can I not wonder in spring?

I with the rock garden

of scilla, crocuses,

tiny species tulips, flowering vinca—

all of these magically (wonder-fully) arising

from the bare soil every year

no matter how harsh the winter.

No effort required on my part.

No watering, weeding.

My role is simply to wonder

at how the sleeping plants come alive

with just a bit of sun

and the promise of warmth.

A touch of spring.

A lessening of the grip of below-zero.

Would we all blossom in such wonder

if we were touched

(if we allowed ourselves to be touched)

by warmth?

Imagine the colours that would invade

our bleak worlds.

Imagine.

 

 

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