awakening

Darkness Receding

birds stirring
amongst the reeds
the marsh awakens

gentle as
a mother’s kiss
the touch of dawn

new eyes saw
a giving world’s
abundance of blessings

the brambles stir
branches pulse
with spring’s life force

morning hunt
the field awakens
and so the give and take

ruby red traces
of Aphrodite’s shower of kisses
the world awakens to love

the day wakes
light yawns across the valley
creation is never done

invisible
is the rousing
of the drowsy woods

her snow blanket removed
the naked earth awakens
renewed, refreshed and ripe