Spring

The earth is breaking
open,
the young plants begin
to shoot into the warm
spring air
bursting with renewed
life and beauty.

Life will
grow forth
like bamboo
piercing the veil
between what has been
and what will be revealed
in the radiant
sunlight of yet another day

The song of a bird
greeting the morning
touches my heart
and lifts my spirits
soaring into the cloudless sky,
a joyful choir of thanksgiving.