Resistance

Against 
the wind
feels
angry
helpless
Standing
still
feels
free

Behind the clouds

Dawn finds

Lady Sun

hidden

but hinting

with flags

of subtle color

at her

triumphant

return

Two perspectives

The cold wind

whispers

ominously

under a blank

gray

sky

and my body

rejects

what feels

too abrupt

a shift

But 

green

is accelerating

exploding leaves

and rolling across

lawns

like an unstoppable

wave

Crossroads

Dry 

cattails

rattle

and creak

and chickadees

pipe

the same

two note song

as in winter

The leaves

have barely emerged

some branches

still dead-bare

but a bullfrog

purrs

out on a sandbar

and the mud smells

like summer

all seasons

meet here

Goal

Can I

be

like you

Lady Sun

and illuminate

the clouds

from within

transforming

darkness

to violet

indigo

and rose?

Playful

Clouds

whisper

like playful

conspirators

before

running off

for a game

of tag

with Lady Sun

and 

the raindrops

Mindful

A leaf curled
a bud furled
a raindrop
poised 
to fall
one note
of birdsong
a flash
of reflected light
a moment
of peace
held
heard
heeded