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Deep in Spring 6/3/2013 11:29:07 AM
Poetry can capture one's innermost thoughts, and do it in such a way that someone reading your poem can be there with you, wherever you are, or have been. Let me take you back with me in time about twenty years ago, when I was living in Madison, Alabama near Lady Anne Lake. I would go there whenever I had a free moment to mediate and contemplate my life. My favorite spot near the lake's shore was to sit next to a young willow tree...and thus the inspiration for my poem: Deep in Spring
At her first awakening
With air rich in budded breeze,
I sat beneath a newborn willow
Joining as if in ancient bond, the arrival of spring.
Though there were many spots for me to light
The willow's beckoned me the most,
For I found her through a special eye
Born of intuit and loved sight.
Somehow we were one that day
Deep in Spring's unfolding,
Sharing our special qualities
Gathered by each along our ways.
I recall hence the gifts we shared
On that day of springtime's promise,
For I gave to the willow my joy at her birth
And received the strength of her innocence.
...Myra Wexler Darwish
