Longing

Longing for Summer and loving Spring.

                                      Longing

My winter shadow heart is in longing

Waiting, waiting…for I know not what.

For Hope and Warmth’ Then the light!

Hope in warmth of safety in belonging

Blessed by a wild outside place I wait

Eager for mature blackberry blossoms

Enveloped back lit jewels of early summer.

Now sunshine song streams along my space

The gift of vision gatekeeper lilts along

I see you swallowtail butterfly within vision.

Your grace catches my heart beat deep within.

Hope carries loves beauty and lives in your wings.

Sunshine warmth nurtures filling my soul.

I imagine the filling the strengthening.

Light of the world bring the growing

The vine of this life awaits a harvest.

Spring swelling buds will appear.

 Life brings inspiration even as

My eyes look and hands reach out

While the reality of the outside

Not yet bringing the hope of summer

Cannot mar the glittering inner joy

Winter root stocks dormant and still

Slowly spring is trembling to life.

Author's Note

I appreciate input.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

especially appreciate your closing line, Ms. Van Kurin! Winter creates our Spring longing doesn't it!? I guess we can be thankful for it for that ;) a few days ago I woke to a thin covering of snow and by 2 PM the temps hit 70+ ... go figure. we quickly reverted to our more or less norms. I will take your message with me today, Kathy ... Spring will "... tremble into life" :) love and joy to ya!
E.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Einstein,
Wow, snow!? Oh my and seventy degrees. Wild weather for ya'll. Hmm the natural world is just a mystery which is just what I like about it. Thankyou dear writing friend. You are such a blessing.
kathy

[Einstein Noodle]

this morning on waking the temp here was 2 degrees and we have 4-6 inches of snow on the ground ... gotta just go with the flow eh!? :))) love on ya girl!

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Oh thank you so much!! You all take care. I imagine you will not be planting peppers, tomatoes and beans just yet. We've a garden started here but hot weather seeds have not sprouted as our nights have been cold but not 2 degrees....hardly know what to do with that. Bye for now.
kathy

[Chris Shaw]

Hopefully you are in the throes of spring. I am late arriving for your beautiful poem Kathy. Your lines are so full of hope, warmth and light. Yes, the winter shadow does bring longing for rebirth and growth. Such a delight to read your eloquent words. Have a beautiful Wednesday dear poet.

Chris

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Chris Shaw,
The earth waits for us to tend and plant and what a joy when it all comes together as hope. My husband has been amazing this year in preparing seedlings to plant out. We have beans done from a store bought bag of dried bean mix for soup. Never done that before. Good compost from chicken house. Anyway we all need to see the sun come knocking in spring. thankyou for your kind and gentle words. Sure is nice.
Kathy

[Randall]

Kathy Van Kurin, that is one beautiful descriptive writing, wanting and waiting for spring. I hope you will bless us with the other three seasons in this lively fashion.

Randall...

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Oh that is so nice of you. Nature's beauty does stir the imagination with it's wonder. Thank you for your kindness. It goes a long way in this life.
Blessing to you!
Kathy

[Ken Simm.]

Thank you for giving me hope again in this world with your longings so beautifully written of what could be again. And will.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Ken Simm,
Your very kind. One of my most recent...and I thought go ahead and post so here we are. Bless you again dear writing friend.
Kathy

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I love how you still write so hopefully with the world in tatters.
There is hope, there really is.
Thank you for your gift of writing.
j.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Jacob,
You are a treasure. It's nice to think that we can find the good. Oh we are so blest! I understand what you mean. The world is what it is. What can I say.
Thanks again.
Kathy

[Betty Hermelee]

Hi Kathy
there is much hope and inspiration in this piece....and you have woven in mother nature who guides our light and while blooms burst, something in our inner selves comes to life... Lovely writing!
Warmly, B

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Betty,
You are an inspiration and where would any of us be without that? Thankyou for your kind and edifying words. I do appreciate it! bless you dear writer.
Kathy

[Betty Hermelee]

You are so welcome Kathy... be well
Warmly, B

[Kathy Van Kurin]

You too! Keep being a light to others.

[Desert Knave]

Love this. The peach tree here has just started to blossom, and I suspect blackberries cannot be far behind. ~Jim

[Kathy Van Kurin]

AJim,
Oh to be reminded that Spring is sprouting and calling us out of the dark long days of winter. Peach tree blossoms are so very beautiful. Thanks for your reminder.
Kathy

[Buddhistboy73]

Slowly spring will tremble into life indeed....:)

This poem carries with it a positive, uplifting message of seasonal hope....

Thanks for sharing...

Feel free to check out my latest work.

BB73

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Thankyou for reading you poem. I do appreciate it. It's beautiful to experience the season turning and we with it.
Bless you,
Kathy