Recovery

vibrant green

once reaching for the sky

with the 

audacity of spring

 

bent

to the earth

crushed

by white coldness

that will not let it rise

but bows it 

to

the cold earth

 

yet warmth will come

and with the sun

 

release

 

that it 

might once again

reach

upwards

thank God for the resilience

of trees

and communities

and human hearts

recovery