It’s taken me this long
to notice how spring
begins to fill herself in
like fall in reverse.
Splotchy brown leaves mix together
with pre-pubescent ones
glowing more lemon than lime
while others appear
more muted and mauve.
Each leaf growing into
its own true shade of green.
Have you noticed
how sometimes renewal
starts off looking like decay?
And have you heard
that sound of invisible
late summer rain?
The heavy
plop plop thump
of seeds falling
ready to take root.
Do you get where I’m going?
Aren’t tears just like that?
A harbinger of new growth
A release that brings …
and furthers us forward.
- Lauren Taub Cohen
