Irrepressible

     




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​    Undaunted, undeterred.
    The relentless rain has not dampened the enthusiasm of the cherry tree
    peering into my window, its clothes a blaze of fluffy clouds.
    Birds drift silently onto the full branches, as if in slow motion;
    the cherry’s hopeful cloak enveloping & caressing wings still cool from 
    night’s withdrawal.


    Joyful blossom dances in the early morning breeze, as 
    the tree’s exuberance
        lifts me,
                calls me,
                         challenges me 

    “Come outside & sit awhile beneath my canopy”


    So I do
    The benediction of transcendent life folding around me,
    until I too, 
        rise
                and
                        dance into Spring.

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