Photo by CP 4/16/24 Wayland, MA |
If you had warmed the winter’s chill
but hadn’t melted all the snow,
it would have been enough…
If you had melted all the snow
but hadn’t brought us longer days,
it would have been enough…
If you had lengthened every day
but hadn’t called the plants to bud,
it would have been enough…
If you had budded every plant
but hadn’t urged the buds to bloom,
it would have been enough…
If you had bloomed in every garden
but not strung the trees with leaves,
it would have been enough…
If you had releafed every tree
but hadn’t coaxed a few to flower,
it would have been enough…
Amen.