Spring steps easy
on the balance of the equinox –
this one step tips the scale
and opens up the time of daylight.

They say we will have snow tomorrow night.
I don’t believe it –
the sun so radiant
and so constant
in this stretching afternoon,
I feel it never will give up its reign

Evening, I’m sure, will disabuse me –
the wind that I have hid from
in this southern corner
(which still whistles, cools the air
around the north side)
will assert itself, and once again,
I’ll build a fire against the cold,
and we’ll work to get the trees in
before the dry season takes hold.

Wendy Mulhern

March 21, 2020