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!