Early?

Every Winter they seem to rise earlier

The first new shoots, reaching

To speak to sky

As if to defy the deep rest

of Winter sleep,

Like a toddler giving up their afternoon nap

When the curiosity of Aliveness

overtakes, awakening awe!

Every Winter the new green

Comes early, catching me in surprise!

A delight that comes with forgiveness

For all that I have left undone

How still I will rise to greet the sky

In wonder of Winter, in my reach

May my deep rest be in my curiosity—

My reawakening of awe in the new Life

Birthed from earth, birthed from death

While leaving all that I have released, shed,

on the ground undisturbed, undone

What will come up early in me?

Catching me by surprise!

Like a toddler climbing out

of the crib for the first time,

Dropping down, to dance upon the messy

of shucking & sluffing, flicking & flinging

To dance upon the messy—

Barefoot, curious and set free🌀