i.
warmth
and sunshine
sprout possibility
ii.
joy arrives and "because
we can feel joy
we feel yearning" but
yearning is itself a joy
after Winter as when
a climbing vine first discovers
the vertical in an other
and holds on
iii.
chosen struggle
and the inevitability
of light golden
reflections across a lake
of opportunities to care
under a still-bruised sky
iv.
then the setting sun
entering still-cold nights
lit those shadow clouds
from below to pull
a river blush orange
across the sky and we
we in the field
blur in wonder
out of depth