Spring, by sound

Spring, by sound.

Melting snow and ice, uncovering earth

That knew only three weeks of winter.

Birds. Chirping, singing their songs. Alive.

Wish I could ask, speak directly with them

Is this confusing for you too?

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Spring, by sound.

But the air is murky

Sky, hazy with pollution.

The hum, yet again, louder.

Always getting louder.

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I wish the cars would stop.

I wish the people would pause.

Why don’t we ever want to hibernate?

Would it be so bad to slow down

Be still, find our inner movements

Metabolize through winter

Everything we willfully ignore.

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Spring, by sound.

Soon, by sight and smell.

But the air is murky.

Sky, hazy

And humans, oh the humans

Will they never stop?

I plead with the world to pause

Take just one break

It never does. It never will.

Not until

The day we must and not by choice.

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Spring. Be still, my heart.