Spring

Spring unfurls petal by petal
Lavishing colors on our world wearied by winter
Wafting sweetness with each bee’s buzz
Warming us awake as our faces follow the sun

Invigorated
Pelted by rain
Playing in puddles
Serenaded by frogs and songbirds and
The light scent of plum blossoms
Dazzled by the lambent light, the sun’s fire captured
In each clinging raindrop strung
Like jewels along the wild rose vines by the creek

We stream out of our drab and dreary dwellings
Shed our cocooning clothes
Step beyond our boundaries
Emerging vibrant and wide-eyed
Breathing in beauty
Joining in life’s celebration of life
Joy and love and rapture dancing toward the infinite

Rain

Sheets of raindrops
    windblown
       skittering along roads and windows
           pattering against building walls
soaking into the earth.

Plants drink deep.
    Streams swell and quicken.
        Refreshed in body and spirit,
I give thanks.

3/5/12 Life

We dance in time and space,
connecting across the distance and years,
in fluid patterns and networks
like the sworls of lace:
here delicate, there enduring,
here one thin strand, there thick and reinforced.

When we open to the sacred
the design is illuminated and bejeweled
with sun and flame and light
sparkling on dewdrops of living water.
Our hearts are knit in love,
our souls expand,
and we learn and grow,
drawn inexorably to
healing, love, and service.

Beauty and life and love,
awe and appreciation,
wonder and joy and thanks.

Groups

Together
   bound by love and purpose
     growing, learning,
       generating energy that never comes alone,
        attractions and irritations
        rubbing up against each other
           polishing our rough edges
      learning to look from different perspectives.

Together
   woven and built into one organism
      melding and flowing higher and deeper,
       we're more aware, more sensitive, more intelligent,
       our strengths magnified
       and our weaknesses diminished,
a new being
with power to act
and power to heal.