At last the
warm air drifted in
after a
long, cold and bitter winter
a day when
birds landed in droves
and fresh
warm air filled the land.
I, breathing
the scent of that warmth,
cast off my
chores for the day,
and stayed
outside.
All day.
It was as if
I had been released from a long imprisonment.
I walked
through mud that sucked at my shoes.
I listened
to the trickle of melting snow as it formed puddles around me.
The music of
song sparrows drifted over the wet, melting earth
—a song of joy to me!
And then in
the evening, as dusk settled like a fawn to the ground,
the peenting
of woodcocks was heard
and the
winnowing of their wings in an eager mating flight display
and I stood
in the yard, my mouth agape,
Listening to
the music of spring—at last!
~Kathie Adams Brown
(April 4, 2015)
No problem with getting in Kathie. Yes your words are the way I feel to it was a much needed day.
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Grace
Thanks, Grace! I am glad you feel the same connection!
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