[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at the Equinox Celebration

[Toni Bernbaum]

There were a few requests to post this poem from the Spring Equinox Celebration…..its a long read …offered 
with gratitude…….and love


Don’t Miss It
(Spring Equinox @ Spirit House 2026)
Tonijean Bernbaum
Look. 
Have you seen it?

It’s 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 a passion for pink 

the lilies….
I had almost forgotten -
the congregation of long emerald stems
caressing the dawn
the tease of their white shoulders
unfurling the curl of a promise
revealing the golden rod inside.

Listen ……
the bursting bouquet of  trumpets
blowing pearly notes of silent beauty
humming the daffodils awake
singing praises with the tulips
in a kirtan of celebration

Did you smell the miracle of fragrance?
Did you remember to breath?
let the heady aroma
make you swoon
and drop to your knees?

Or were you too busy
too hurried….
distracted by your list 
or your screen
maintaining what you believe
or defining the limits of who you think 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 their message?

did you miss it? 
the flash of inspiration
alone out on the trail
the long eared rabbit romping?
the ballet of honking geese
the igniting of a creative idea
the directive to call that person

or 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, newborns
and renewal.
These are rare and delicate days
when the blossoms are so full
and the invitation to return to your true nature
is dotting the landscape like a painting by Renoir

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 staring at you through
this mirror of opportunity?


catch it
before the wild wind of the world
or the deluge of radical rain
rips the new growth from their potential
wilted and torn
littered and buried 
and forgotten. 

take a moment 
right here
right now
look in the still pond reflecting the mystery of your impermanent life
discover the eternal canvas of clear water 
in the depth of you
on which every image floats in and out of view
This is the moment of awakening, 

taste the sun on your tongue, 
feel yourself as blossom,
innocent as the touch of a baby’s skin
open as the night sky, glistening like a star.
 
splash in the puddles
pick daisies, plant seeds, 
go barefoot, hug a tree.
take down your trombone
follow the wild ideas
swelling in your heart

See how each
season informs the next
and what its like
to belong to each progression 
to claim your part in 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 yours to do?

What is yearning to be nourished in your soul 
that only you can birth into this NEW WORLD
AS IT IS GIVING BIRTH TO US.  

don’t miss it
stop complaining
don’t let the judgements or opinions
or the gossip
or the fear
infect you 

don’t let the past, 
or the anger or finger pointing
or the worst case scenario made up in your mind 
make you blind
or disappear
everyone’s gifts are needed here

Its spring
the season of renewal 
awakening the divine spark 
within you!


its happening for us
not to us, 

Don’t miss it. 


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