What Wind Blows In Your Willows

What wind blows in your willows now?

What moves your leaves
nubile as they are now

Here inspiring is this the year
 of our new freedom

We are unfurling.....
Our chlorophyll is stretching to catch
 the new gift of being with other people
We are growing greener
bigger than ourselves
 larger again
Will your leaves throw shade
or be respite for others

We are colors suddenly bursting forth 
in generosity to allow the rainbow
We grow

Enjoy making it beautiful for everyone

Will you hug people more often 
now that you can again

Or still throw shade

How deep have your roots run down 
into the dark earth during this cold hard time

Did growing roots deeper and darker 
and further down make you 
a better person

Or are you shallow sucking water from the surface of things

I'm breaking open like a flower
I cannot wait to give and be given to again

I want to throw my arms wide open 
and be washed in the water of living

The sunset is far more beautiful now
and my friends are yet more precious even than before
I will be " open as the sky"
Regretting nothing and remembering only 
what was good
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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July 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM
So sad again. Sweet friend..
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August 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM
Kathryn! How are you! OM Gosh ..just to hear from you makes my heart sing Find me [email protected]
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