Spring Burst

Awakened leaves
Sprout innumerable green dashes –
Like a painter brushing
New thoughts
On brown branches.

Bright birds sing and chatter,
Spring bursts
Everywhere.
And the clear scent of flowers
Lifts heavenly fair.

The cycle of living
Is once more enhanced,
As renewed life
Has quickened
Nature to dance.

© Donna Lyon Rhose 4/23/2011