First Yellow Day

softly
tread softly
on the skin
of the earth

it is stretching
in a warming waterfall
in the royal rays
of the newborn sun

it is pushing
slender green bodies
and fragile fair heads
out of dark sleep

it is breathing
slowly for you
so breathe
breathe slowly

newborn is the grass
newborn is the year
weightless is the day
weightless is your heart

faded stacked shapes
are filling with colour
like care-worn faces
are smoothed and flushed

and smiles are rising
like yellow balloons
effortless guileless
into boundless blue

Christina Egan ©2019

Written on a warm and sunny day in late February. Climate change is palpable, but sometimes it is pleasant…