Resting in the Green

“All I want…is to smell green, to taste air, to feel the earth want me…

Phillip Pulfrey, from Love, Abstraction and other Speculations

Sit, breathe in the energy
of new growth
as shoots, fronds, and buds
emerge, unfurl, and blossom.

Relax beneath a lush
canopy of vivid leaves, a
carpet of spongy moss underfoot.
Why not take off your shoes
and let the lacy coolness tickle your toes?

Lose yourself in the
dense, tangled overgrowth.
Here in an emerald forest
chlorophyll runs rampant,
capturing the sun, making magic.

Feel the soothing embrace of this
new green, a fresh, flourishing hue
that visits once a year, stays just briefly.
Backlit by the brightness of rebirth,
it holds the power to heal and restore.