What the Buds Do

         outside my window 
            lilac buds 
                 open slowly 
           like a poem 

     they unravel 
        winter's 
              dark desires 
                       with such 
               eloquence, 
          my own 
 words 
            loosen
                      and untangle
        
     meaning 
                    doesn't 
             matter
                           anymore

     and suddenly
                                      it's Spring

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Music pairing: Budding Trees — Nahko and Medicine for the People, 2013.

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Lilac blossoms outside my window. Photo taken April 9, 2024, Diane Perazzo

May these words bring truth and healing
through open hands and hearts. And then,
let it flow back into our Mother Earth
for the love of all her beings.

This poem was conceived and grown organically from my own unique human experience, thoughts, efforts, knowledge and research.