SPRING EQUINOX MORNING
For this
one instant
A radiant pink
Squeezed and bright
Between hill and cloudbank.
Set round and sure
In circled gold
Dawn sun
Ringing
Time.
On the back of my eye
First flash of morning sun
Dazzles still.
Turning around
First flash of sun
Drives out thought.
Small promise
A moment of radiance
Before clouds close in.
It is the colour
Of heated silver
In a burnished silver sky,
Warm and cold balanced both
Tasting equinox.
A claddagh ring
This dawn:
Heart sun
Held safe
in year’s
Two hands.
Promising
Spring.
Promising spring
Dawn soon waylaid
A party of snowclouds.
A party of snowclouds
Cautious at first
Racing drunk and wild
Across neat fields.
Across neat fields
Light sparkles on dewfall.
Birds chasing each other
Pause a moment.
Spring dance.
Spring dance.
Changing partners
Their feet flattening daffodils,
A whirl of wind and hail.
A whirl of wind and hail
Is the news from the north.
All is silent in the garden.
All is silent in the garden
Dawn sun has vanished
Deep
within the daffodils’ trumpets.
Deep within the daffodils’ trumpets
Is the sound of spring to come
A bright fanfare.
I cannot describe
The colour of the dawn sun,
But perhaps
A blush of fire,
Burnished warm
By the fingertips
Of infinite patience.
Smoothed glow,
Delicate, cherished.
Sun hidden.
Collecting firewood.
The hearth
Still our closest companion.
simonhlilly 