musings of Kimiko Karpoff - Spring

Spring Melt

Muddy waters release from stasis
Joints creak with slow shift to motion

Winter trail flows languidly past spring perch

April 2015
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The Moment of Spring

This moment is the one
carried in on a breeze so warm
I almost don't notice

and that sound
a long ago sound
a once-upon-a-time sound
song
bird song
a songbird glorifying the morning

I can almost see as the buds on the trees relax and
burst, slow motion
a languid firework saluting the blue sky
pink confetti bombs caught midburst
among the branches

it is this moment
as my nose begins to twitch rabbitly
and like a daisy my face seeks the sun
my feet crave to feel grass between my toes
and I know it's spring

April 2, 2013
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We Seek Light

We seek light, Holy One
     as winter wanes to the promise of darknesses ebbing
     we seek Your light

We look east
     to catch the earliest morning sun
     seeking reprieve from winter's night

We look for signs
     green shoots amid the mud of thawing ground
     birdsong and a morning walk with fingers free of mittens

We seek lightening
     of hearts holding heaviness
     of our own winter moments of wavering

We lift grateful faces to Your Luminous Love Light
     as our winters wane and darknesses ebb
     as our new growth breaks into the light and
     we sing into our thaw

We glorify You who has glorified us
     with your sure and generous Brilliance. Amen

Feb 1, 2012
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Spring Unfolding

It's the eruption of pink trees
     yellow tulips
     green grass

People standing tall, unhunching from cold, unburdened by coats and umbrellas
It's warmth and worms enlivening the soil

Spring is an unfolding
every year an unveiling of hope and potential

an annual witness of Holy Mystery played out in our midst, calling out "come see, the kingdom of God is real!"

smell, taste, hear the mystery unfold

sun
soil
smiles

Amen

May 1, 2011