Ice
Frozen Over
Hard, Packed Dirt.
Forming an Impenetrable Roof
That Forces Me Down, Forces Me To Remain
I Crack and From Within Sprouts a Tender Root
That Demands, Insistently, to Break Through That Roof
I Am Pushing, Yearning, Propelling Through the Dirt,
Asserting My Presence. I Will Not Be Ignored. I Will
Not Be Held Down and Smothered. With One
Last Shove, I Break Through and Find the
Ground Damp Not Solid, the Air
Warm Instead of Chilled. I
Stretch Toward the Sun,
My Small Arms Raised
in Salutation. I am
Spring.
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Love this!
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Thank you Johnzelle!
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Love it!
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Thank you, Bette!
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Aww how lovely. It’s amazing how even plants lift up in surrender to heaven. Beautifully written.
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Most definitely, thank you Beutiflee!
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Lovely!
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Beautifully written. How a seed struggles to become a sapling.
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Why thank you so much Sadje! Beauty often comes from a struggle (or at least that is what my experience has taught me).
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A wonderful look at pushing through the ice and hardships of life. We all are and can be Spring.
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Exactly Glen! You understood the poem perfectly!
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Thank you. It was a wonderful way of looking at and describing growth through trials that we all go through
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A stunning tribute to spring, KaylaAnn. Brilliantly penned.
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Thank you so much, Eugenia!
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You’re welcome!
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Beautiful post, Kayla. The imagery is great and I can definitely relate to this living in upstate NY!
– Joey Blue
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Thank you so much Joey! Has Spring finally arrived for you?
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I hesitantly think so, Kayla!
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