leaf buds abundant as mushrooms, trapped
within velvet covered bark eggshells
yearn to break through
harbingers silently singing
of gentle light and fresh ginger root warmth that stirs
potent juices sleeping in the vines and trunks and roots
salmonberry, maple, pines, ferns and blackberry
newborns hatching
fighting for the lighting
beyond a porous opaque
womb within the cocoon
they tap tap tap till a crack
occurs
time lapse: denouement
green edges and bright white
perfumes escape as Winter Daphne blooms earlier than Daffodils
Botanical rebels and frontrunners
set the stage for the divas with tender constitutions
that dare not take the stage before the proper cue of hotter spotlight
lest they experience stagefright and freeze o'ernight
it will not do,
it was not due,
it best not dew
to frost this scene
(three days later)
Spring's approach, swiftly
Scented with crisp potential
Crocus burst today
when I was not looking
