[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at the Equinox Celebration

[Gunn]

Thank you 
Poetry for beauty, awakening and peace. So nice to enjoy this again  
Gunnar
✨

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> On Mar 26, 2026, at 4:19 PM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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