Spring

Officially, it is springtime. 

As the days are literally lighter, 

 they are figuratively so as well.

I would say this is just my personal experience,

except that as a people watcher

I find this truth to be universal...

or at least hemispherical.

This observation coming from one for whom the 

dark days of winter

were unfortunately full of the dread 

of heavy burdens....

too heavy for the shoulders of one small woman...

so that they had to be shared and distributed

across the broad back of community.

When I speak of lightness

I don't speak lightly.

And I see that there is a loosing of things bound,

a liberation or sorts

produced by the sunward tilt of our earthly home.

The more we face the light

our bodies relax, our spirits lift,

and we raise our glasses

in celebration of growth.

In this planetary spin of green and blossoms and birdsong

we are awakened 

and in all the newness

there is something new in us too.

And I wonder if there is more to this phenomena,

if the science of season

doesn't illustrate an even greater truth...

more Light equaling less Dark.

I will thank the Lord for the rescue He brings

in the Light-filled world

we know as Spring.

~Maria