Aching as I walked,
I wondered if my life would ever again
be joy-filled and bright.
Then I found my answer.
It was only a small shrub
– two bare branches rising up from the earth –
but at their tips
tiny green buds had appeared.
I breathed a prayer of thanks,
and was blessed again
by the yellow smiles of daffodils.
24March2017 - mshr
