The stillness of winter is gone
Bursts of color
Audacious in their tenderness and declarations
Now reign
See me 
Smell me
Pay attention

Birds call and feed and build nests and mate and soar and dive
They too declare
I'm here 
Loud and proud

But there is stillness here too
The gliding of the hawk
The poise of the egret
The pause in between the doings 
To notice all of this life

Unfurling of flowers
Hovering of bumblebees
Tender leaves bright and soft
Skin warming beneath a brilliant blue sky
A smile between friends

So much nourishment
So much available to be taken in
Yet living on whether we notice or not

Let us not rush past 
With our ideas and tasks
Heads craned forward 
Blinders on
Missing that which matters most 
Only to mourn it when its gone