[Thespiritexpress] Spring Poem

[Toni Bernbaum]

Thank you to those who requested the poem read at The Equinox to be posted……
always and with
only love, T


SPRING

Look. 
Have you seen it?

Its beginning 

sneaking up from the ground, out from the emptiness, 
peeking from the tips of tiny branches, 
the plum blossoms are covering the trees like snow 

the rohdedemdrum is drumming with pink 
the lily’s….!
I had almost forgotten
their long emerald stems unfurling 
caressing the dawn of new light -
the tease of their white shoulders
revealing the curl of a promise

Look ……
the bursting bouquet of  trumpets
blowing pearly notes of silent beauty
humming the daffodils awake
singing praises with the tulips

Did you inhale
the miracle of fragrance?

Or were you too busy -
too hurried….
distracted by your list 
or your screen
maintaining what you think
or defining who you are……
was it the news
or the sound of other humans
brain washing each other,  
that eclipsed the chatter of the quail
and the soulful swoop of the raven’s
wings flying over with a message?

Did you miss it? 

the flash of inspiration
the igniting of a creative idea
the directive to call that person
of finally forgive that other?

were you hooked instead by commentaries 
contradicting
and kid napping arguments
and the conditioned need
to justify a bad mood, there are endless
ways to kick the ground.

Look. 

This is the time of tenderness.
These are a rare and delicate few days
when the blossoms are so full
and the invitation to return to your true nature
is dotting the landscape like an impressionist painting

Did you rsvp…..have you checked the in-box of your heart?
There is a vulnerability calling you
Have you dared to even notice
what is there through
this window of opportunity?

Catch it
before the wild wind of the world
or the deluge of radical rain
rips the new petals from their stems
wilted and torn
littered and buried across the tall grass

Take a moment -
don’t forget to look in the mirror 
of your own mystery
shiny through the landscape 
of each new dawn. 

This is the time of awakening, 
taste the rain on your tongue, 
feel 
yourself
as blossom,
innocent as the presence of a newborn
open as the new light
 
Don’t forget -
splash in the puddles
pick daisies, plant seeds, 
go barefoot and hug a tree.
take down your trombone
follow the wild idea
budding in your heart

See how each
season informs the next
how important 
it is to belong -  
to be a part of the next possibility
to make love to this world
just as it is

Inseminate your  presence
into the dark cosmic egg
with the fertility of your vision

What do you want to begin?

What is your yearning 
that only you can birth 
into this NEW WORLD
even 
AS IT IS GIVING BIRTH TO US.  

Don’t miss it

Don’t let the judgements or opinions
or the gossip
or the fear, or the past, 
or the anger or finger pointing
or the worst case scenario in your mind 
make
you blind

Its spring
This has always been the season of promise and awakening 

It's happening for us
not to us, 

don’t miss it. 


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