warm and bright and filled with the promise of good things

eyes open to the colors

winter has kept us for months

equinox

snow on the rooftops

sun bright glare across the tender daffodil stalks

this inherited devotion

this curiosity and respect

this wonder and seeking

lineage speaks to someone long ago

someone before those at hand

this fit of thoughtfulness

seemingly mine alone

all but for the blood the cells the mitocondria