This sudden spring Arriving before the gardeners Have prepared the beds A profusion of growth Invading the gardens With startlingly vivid colours Before their season The trees have budded As if an invisible hand Has tilted the earth Just a fraction faster Than normal There are no complaints Of this early spring The gardens can be raked later...
This sudden emergence Of what matters most Love and all it awakens Feelings forgotten and now relived Dreams and hopes reborn It's as if our hearts have now learned How to love deeper And with more understanding And compassion The other "things" Will just have to catch up Things that can be bought or replaced For that which is irreplaceable Has made its appearance And has transformed our world