Sprung! (Inspiration Point)

Sprung! (4th March, 2009, 6.59pm)

Spring the lock on my drawers;
undo the ties that bind me to the past;
allow the parts to re-align
as the sun slides through the curtains,
I sigh: long may it last!

Let the crocuses bloom,
poking their inquisitive green fingers
up through the moist, dark soil;
prepare the earth for planting:
plough your furrow, boy!

Open your lungs with the joy
of spring, as we bound on sprung,
metallic strings like puppets;
swing, swing, feel the earth move
as she prepares for Spring!

Let the shoots spurt up through
the well-dug crust; let them bloom
and fill the room with the scent
of nature; listen as we close the door
on Winter; do not lament.

Jennifer Pickup