Friday, March 11, 2022

January

A new year: lungs unlocked

again, soft skies, a tender chill. 

My eyes released from frantic screens

to see again the beetle

goldbacked, gleaming

dart into dirt clods, 

brown grass grown winter brittle,

though the citronella

sprawls sharp scented green.

From a bud softened tree a mockingbird

sings for once, fluid, free

as sky itself,

breath opens into this world,

becoming new again,

bright and brave and new.

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