
Spring Manifesto
Throw back the covers,
from your dark suspended
purgatory
Lift your heads, your entreating
arms
toward restorative medicine
Gentle breezes
massage
but strident winds
strengthen
Each day of your life
will
madden or gladden.
Embrace and endure,
flora,
fauna,
human.
Written for the Eckphrastic prompt courtesy of The Wombwell Rainbow, art by John Phandal Law. Thank you Paul and John!