Vernal Equinox

It is amazing to me how I could not embrace spring until today, when it was marked on the calendar.

When my son turned three

He told me:

Now I use the toilet.

Really?  I said

Really?

He knew three years old

Was the time all big boys

Use the toilet.

Today the daylight begins

To overtake the dark.

It feels full spring.

Somehow today it is all ok.

What difference does a day make

In accepting the arrival

Of spring?

The day kicked off

In full bloom.

The calendar says

Now it is spring,

So now I can see it,

Accept it,

Even dance

In the sun.

Now, the day of the vernal equinox,

I can accept spring

And all it brings with it.

Really?

 (I hear my voice

From 22 years ago)

Really?