New-Leaf-Green

A step outside with pocketed hands
Cold air, deep breath
Out of the world
Into life
Still but thriving
Time allowed

Spirits rise as she turns
The clock
The page
The earth

Clouds dissipate
Jacket shed
Palms held out as they catch the sun
A heated breeze
A plant bare
A bud swelled
A bloom

Drab pallets turn tender green
Yellow in a barren patch
Pale pink ‘neath leaves of shelter
Violet on a rocky slope
Lilac wings flutter past
Cheerful peeps near forgotten

Is it here?
Subtle now
But soon,
Deafening

– Katy Miller, Blackberry Mountain Adventure Guide