[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at the Equinox Celebration

[Roz]

I love this! Thank you for sharing this, so gorgeous!

Love, Roz
> On Mar 26, 2026, at 4:26 PM, Gunn via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you 
> Poetry for beauty, awakening and peace. So nice to enjoy this again  
> Gunnar
> ✨
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> 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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