The Flowering

Returning with an opening, offering

Their quiet invitations to the bees

Like a neon flashing sign

“Open, come on in”

Welcoming eternal spring within

Renewal with an expansion

The unfurling into facing Sun

As if in conversation with North Star

Seeking the ineffable truth of Aliveness

Blooming with impermanence

Ephemeral beauty made exquisite

Like the crescendo of a symphony

Building a cathedral in the heart

Lemon trees. lilacs. Roses.

Wisteria & cherry blossoms

A sensual aroma drawing us

all onto the vivid stages of life

In tender acts of bearing fruit,

yielding intimacy

Open palms painted of pollen

As if powder swirled here for

The wedding of joy & sorrow in

Complementary colors of wholeness

Rebirthing in their becoming

Like the butterflies that hover

Transformed by blossoming

Living with the ending always near

Awareness here within the flowering

Revealing of vulnerability to be brave

For The Rosebud of our hearts—

Change sculpted with generosity,

reciprocity & Grace—

May we live into Reverence

for our own impermanence

and all-that-is🌀

**inspired by Erin Curren’s Solar playback experience with collective flowering theme & quote from Anais Nin

“day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”. —anais nin