Spring

I haven't been posting a lot lately; it's springtime, we've been loving exploring the Nevada desert, and I have been trying to get us ready to go back to the NW this weekend. We haven't been back in almost a year, and we are so excited to see our friends and family!

I did want to post a quick poem that I wrote this week. I was challenged to write one poem a week during the month of April. For inspiration, I thought about spring, and the equinox, and life growing and sprouting. Just then, Robo-Kid thrust himself into my arms, and my first poem popped into my brain. It's far from perfect, but perfection isn't the point of creativity!

I write a lot of poems, but I don't often post them because for some reason, it makes me feel very vulnerable. But you know what? I don't care! Bring on the vulnerability! Bring on the people brutally tearing apart my work and screaming about my lack of talent! As my friend Tina said yesterday,

"All art is beautiful!" Make some of your own today!

Spring

I find it in your freckles.

In the scent of soil and sweat on your cheeks

The salty, gamy whiff as you lean in to me

Eager to share your fresh discoveries

New adventures

The world as dewy and unrestrained as it has ever been

Wild and fertile and lush with pink sunshine.

I find it in your grin.

Gap toothed and hilarious

Ready to split open and howl at the slightest amusement

Primitive and sweet and riotous as the birds above

Bellowing in their singular voices

With no attempt at harmony

Rejoicing in the sound that belongs only to you.